Recuperate (7)
I believe the answer is:
recover
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">recuperate</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that recuperate can be written as recover)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for recover that I've seen before include "Get better - get back" , "Get better; retrieve" , "Get well again" , "Rescue" , "get fit again" .)