"recovering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: recoverings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|recoveryng}} Middle English recoveryng, {{af|en|recover|-ing}} recover + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} recovering (plural recoverings)
  1. The process or the instance of recovery.
    Sense id: en-recovering-en-noun-pjqKRSws

Verb

Etymology: From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|recoveryng}} Middle English recoveryng, {{af|en|recover|-ing}} recover + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} recovering
  1. present participle and gerund of recover Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: recover
    Sense id: en-recovering-en-verb-ITJ6ZE84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 18 82

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