1) Acquire 2) Convalesce 3) Get over an illness or shock 4) Pick yourself up 5) Recoup 6) Recover 7) Recover from loss 8) Regain or make up for 9) Regain your strength 10) To get better from an illness 1) Convalesce 2) Heal 3) Letthewoundheal 4) Mend 5) Recover 6) Reform 7) Restore 8) Rest up 
• (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce. • (v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
To recover health and strength. From the latin recuperare meaning to regain, get back, recover. To recuperate is to convalesce. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
Re·cu'per·ate intransitive verb [ imperfect &. past participle Recuperated (-?`t?d); present participle & verbal noun Recuperating .] [ Latin recuperatus , past participle of recuperare . See Recover to get again.]...
become strong after illness loss exhaustion 
Type: Term Pronunciation: rē-kū′pĕr-āt Definitions: 1. To undergo recuperation.
Recuperate: To recover health and strength. From the Latin recuperare meaning to regain, get back, recover. To recuperate is to convalesce.
[v] - restore to good health or strength 2. [v] - get over an illness or shock
[Lexical terms] restore to good health or strength