verb
- recovered gradually from illness or injury
Usage: past tense of convalesce
Examples
- She convalesced at home for three weeks after the surgery.
- The patient convalesced slowly but steadily.
- He convalesced in a quiet mountain retreat.
- After breaking her leg, Maria convalesced for two months.
- The wounded soldier convalesced in the military hospital.
- She convalesced under her mother’s careful care.