recovering

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recovering

Where it comes from

From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of recover a recovering drug addict

noun recoverings

  1. The process or the instance of recovery. Fables have their own time island entertainments or fragments of embodied life refractions light and dark recoverings of race and memory passionate elusive by-blows of a richer being.

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Closest in meaning: convalescent, ill, sick, regaining, recuperation, recovery, retrieve, reclamation, restoration, recapture, reinstatement, retrieving, reviving, resumption, returning, retrieval

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"recovering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/recovering. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

recovering. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/recovering

Chicago

"recovering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/recovering.

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@misc{recovering_2026,
  title = {recovering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recovering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}