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convalesce, v.|kɒnvəˈlɛs|
Also 5 -valesshe, 6–7 Sc. -vales, -ual(l)esse.
[ad. L. convalēscĕre to grow strong, recover health, f. con- altogether + valēscĕre to grow strong, inceptive of valēre to be strong or well. Used by Caxton, and common in Sc. writers from 16th c.; but not in English Dicts. nor in ordinary English use till the 19th c.: cf. F. Hall Mod. English 287.]
1. intr. To recover from sickness, regain health, get better.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 430/3 As he..that of late convalesshed and yssued out of a greuous seeknesse. 1533Bellenden Livy v. (1822) 400 Eftir that the seik man..beginnis to convalesce. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus i. 679 He conuallessit within ane littill space. 1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 422, I recouered my health, and..being better conualessed, I recoursed backe in a Flemish Pink. 1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xii. (1848) 438 News came that he was convalesced. 1818Colebrooke Oblig. & Contracts I. 229 The insane person convalescing. 1849Thackeray Pendennis (1850) II. 137 That illness when one does not convalesce at all. 1878Ewer Catholicity iii. 84 The Catholic Church is..under another aspect, the human race convalescing.
†b. transf. To grow strong. Obs. Sc.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 491 Seand thair power convales..ay the moir. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 261 To ceis fra battall, quhill thair pissance war convalescit.
2. Roman Law. To become valid.
1875Poste Gaius iv. (ed. 2) 601 The alienation, originally invalid, convalesces.
Hence convaˈlescing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 254 Mr. Andro Foster..after his convalesing, took a great trouble in his mynde. 1864in Reader No. 98. 603/1 Delicacies to the convalescing. 1890Daily News 13 Nov. 3/7 Accommodation..for the treatment of convalescing patients. |