† convailconvalev.
Obsolete. rare.
To grow strong, recover strength.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > become refreshed or invigorated [verb (intransitive)]
to take (one's, a) breatha1398
to pull, shake oneself togethera1400
wheta1400
recomfortc1425
revigour1447
breathe1485
respirea1500
convailc1500
unweary1530
air1633
recruit1644
refresh1644
reanimate1645
invigorate1646
rally1646
to perk upa1656
renovate1660
reawake1663
freshen1694
renervate1801
recuperate1843
to recharge one's (also the) batteries1911
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > gain vigour or strength
prevaila1398
convailc1500
to gather heada1593
liven1739
c1500 Poem on Heraldry 2 (E.E.T.S. Extra Ser. 1869) So convalit vicis & variance..So that few mycht laubour for discrepance.
a1532 Remed. Love 410 (R. Suppl.) Whereby reviled Causelesse he is, never to convaile.
1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Convail, to recover.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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