reconvalescev.

1653 Several Proc. Parl. No. 14. 179 His Excellency..will be here next week, God willing; the Gentlemen and Servants of his Court which fell sick lately at their being in the countrey, at Tidichn, being now reconvalesced.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iii. 340 The Nation did now begin to look like a body reconvalescing after a feaver.

1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 82 And when the furious person is re-convalesced, deeds done by him after that are valid.

1782 in D. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session (1826) II. 908 The testator was long ill: he..grew worse and worse, but never reconvalesced.

1837 Cases Court of Session 15 973 The Duke's..estate..would descend, at his death, in the event of his not reconvalescing, according to the rules of intestate succession.

1954 R. Strausz-Hupé et al. Internat. Relations in Age Confl. Dictatorship & Democracy (ed. 2) ix. xxviii. 790 The United States..must seek to create conditions under which the strong can deploy their strength so that the stricken nations can reconvalesce and recover.

1955 Biogr. Mem. Fellows Royal Soc. 1 139 Whilst reconvalescing from his attack of pleurisy, he took up wood carving, and did it so well that his teacher tried to persuade him to become a sculptor.

1982 D. K. Mano Take Five iv. vi. 426 He's reconvalescing, Don. He has trouble even getting a mouthful of yogurt down.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 261 They once more got to sea, where the troops were joined by their reconvalesced men from the isle of Wight.