"convalesce" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "convalesces",
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      "form": "convalescing",
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        "present"
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      "form": "convalesced",
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        "past"
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      "form": "convalesced",
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          "text": "The patient convalesced for six months after his stroke."
        }
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          "sickness",
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          "tags": [
            "noun"
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          "word": "convalescence"
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            "dated",
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          "word": "convalescency"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "sağalmaq"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ozdravjavam",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "оздравявам"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎzstanovjavam se",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "възстановявам се"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "療養"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liáoyǎng",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "疗养"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "zotavit se"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "uzdravit se"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "toipua"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "genesen"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "lábadozik"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "mātūtū"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "tumahu"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "convalescer"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyzdorávlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "выздора́вливать"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výzdorovetʹ",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́здороветь"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to recover",
          "word": "convalecer"
        }
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    {
      "form": "convalesces",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "convalescing",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "convalesced",
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      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "sağalmaq"
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      "roman": "ozdravjavam",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "оздравявам"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzstanovjavam se",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "възстановявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "療養"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liáoyǎng",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "疗养"
    },
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "zotavit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "uzdravit se"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "toipua"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "genesen"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "lábadozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "mātūtū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "tumahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "word": "convalescer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyzdorávlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выздора́вливать"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výzdorovetʹ",
      "sense": "to recover",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "to recover",
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