re·cu·per·ate 
(r
ĭ-k
p
ə-r
āt
′, -ky
-)
v. re·cu·per·at·ed, re·cu·per·at·ing, re·cu·per·ates
v.intr.1. To return to health or strength; recover.
2. To recover from financial loss.
v.tr. To recover (a financial loss).
[Latin recuperāre, recuperāt- : re-, re- + capere, to take; see kap- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
re·cu′per·ation n.
re·cuper·a′tive (-pə-rā′tĭv, -pər-ə-tĭv), re·cuper·a·to′ry (-pər-ə-tôr′ē) adj.