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revalesco

revalesco

to grow well again; to regain one

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rĕ-vălesco — Lewis & Short

rĕ-vălesco, lŭi, 3,

I v. inch. n., to grow well again; to regain one's former strength, state, or condition; to recover (poet. and post-Aug. for convalesco, reficior).
I Lit., Ov. H. 21, 231: ex capitali morbo, Gell. 16, 13, 5: interibi revalesco, App. Mag. p. 320, 29: te significasti jam revalescere coepisse, Ambros. Ep. 79, 1. —
II Trop.: Laodicea (tremore terrae prolapsa), revaluit, Tac. A. 14, 27: diplomata Othonis, quae neglegebantur, revalescerent, regain their force or authority, id. H. 2, 54: astutia, App. M. 10, p. 243, 15.

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