convalescev.

/kɒnvəˈlɛs/

Forms: Also Middle English -valesshe, 1500s–1600s Scottish -vales, -ual(l)esse.

Etymology: < Latin convalēscĕre to grow strong, recover health, < con- altogether + valēscĕre to grow strong, inceptive of valēre to be strong or well. Used by Caxton, and common in Scots writers from 16th cent.; but not in English dictionaries nor in ordinary English use till the 19th cent.: compare F. Hall Mod. English 287.

a. intransitive. To recover from sickness, regain health, get better.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)]

wholeeOE

botenc1225

cover1297

amendc1325

recovera1375

warisha1386

recovera1387

healc1390

recurec1400

soundc1402

mendc1440

convalesce1483

guarish1489

restore1494

refete?a1505

revert1531

to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589

cure1597

recruit1644

to perk upa1656

retrieve1675

to pick up1740

to leave one's bed1742

to sit up and take nourishment1796

to get round1798

to come round1818

to pull through1830

rally1831

to fetch round1870

to mend up1877

to pull round1889

recoup1896

recuperate1897

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 430/3 As he..that of late convalesshed and yssued out of a greuous seeknesse.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 400 Eftir that the seik man..beginnis to convalesce.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 13 He conualessit within ane littill space.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 422 I recouered my health, and..being better conualessed, I recoursed backe in a Flemish Pink.

a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 438 News came that he was convalesced.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 229 The insane person convalescing.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xiv. 137 That illness when one does not convalesce at all.

1878 F. C. Ewer Catholicity iii. 84 The Catholic Church is..under another aspect, the human race convalescing.

†b. transferred. To grow strong. Obsolete. Scottish.

ΚΠ

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 491 Seand thair power convales..ay the moir.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vii. vii. f. 85/2 To ceis fra battall, Quhill thair pyssance war conualescit.

2. Roman Law. To become valid.

ΚΠ

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. 601 The alienation, originally invalid, convalesces.

Derivatives

convaˈlescing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun]

healingc1000

healc1175

coveringc1230

recovering1380

curinga1382

amendmenta1400

recoverancea1400

sanationc1440

refeting?a1450

mendingc1480

convalescence1490

recovery1533

amendsa1616

restoration1638

upsitting1647

convalescing1650

convalescency1651

reconvalescence1672

analepsis1749

invalescence1755

reformation1772

revalescence1823

pickupa1916

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [adjective] > recovering

convalescent1656

recuperatory1656

reviving1682

recovering1693

convalescing1864

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 254 Mr. Andro Foster..after his convalesing, took a great trouble in his mynde.

1864 in Reader No. 98. 603/1 Delicacies to the convalescing.

1890 Daily News 13 Nov. 3/7 Accommodation..for the treatment of convalescing patients.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	convalesce
释义	convalescev. /kɒnvəˈlɛs/ Forms: Also Middle English -valesshe, 1500s–1600s Scottish -vales, -ual(l)esse. Etymology: < Latin convalēscĕre to grow strong, recover health, < con- altogether + valēscĕre to grow strong, inceptive of valēre to be strong or well. Used by Caxton, and common in Scots writers from 16th cent.; but not in English dictionaries nor in ordinary English use till the 19th cent.: compare F. Hall Mod. English 287. 1. a. intransitive. To recover from sickness, regain health, get better. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] wholeeOE botenc1225 cover1297 amendc1325 recovera1375 warisha1386 recovera1387 healc1390 recurec1400 soundc1402 mendc1440 convalesce1483 guarish1489 restore1494 refete?a1505 revert1531 to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589 cure1597 recruit1644 to perk upa1656 retrieve1675 to pick up1740 to leave one's bed1742 to sit up and take nourishment1796 to get round1798 to come round1818 to pull through1830 rally1831 to fetch round1870 to mend up1877 to pull round1889 recoup1896 recuperate1897 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 430/3 As he..that of late convalesshed and yssued out of a greuous seeknesse. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 400 Eftir that the seik man..beginnis to convalesce. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 13 He conualessit within ane littill space. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 422 I recouered my health, and..being better conualessed, I recoursed backe in a Flemish Pink. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 438 News came that he was convalesced. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 229 The insane person convalescing. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xiv. 137 That illness when one does not convalesce at all. 1878 F. C. Ewer Catholicity iii. 84 The Catholic Church is..under another aspect, the human race convalescing. †b. transferred. To grow strong. Obsolete. Scottish. ΚΠ 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 491 Seand thair power convales..ay the moir. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vii. vii. f. 85/2 To ceis fra battall, Quhill thair pyssance war conualescit. 2. Roman Law. To become valid. ΚΠ 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. 601 The alienation, originally invalid, convalesces. Derivatives convaˈlescing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun] healingc1000 healc1175 coveringc1230 recovering1380 curinga1382 amendmenta1400 recoverancea1400 sanationc1440 refeting?a1450 mendingc1480 convalescence1490 recovery1533 amendsa1616 restoration1638 upsitting1647 convalescing1650 convalescency1651 reconvalescence1672 analepsis1749 invalescence1755 reformation1772 revalescence1823 pickupa1916 the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [adjective] > recovering convalescent1656 recuperatory1656 reviving1682 recovering1693 convalescing1864 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 254 Mr. Andro Foster..after his convalesing, took a great trouble in his mynde. 1864 in Reader No. 98. 603/1 Delicacies to the convalescing. 1890 Daily News 13 Nov. 3/7 Accommodation..for the treatment of convalescing patients. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1483
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