rĕ-vălesco, lŭi, 3
* V. inch. n., to grow well again; to regain one's former strength, state, or condition; to recover (poet. and post-Aug. for convalesco, reficior).
* Lit., Ov. H. 21, 231: ex capitali morbo,Gell. 16, 13, 5: interibi revalesco,App. Mag. p. 320, 29: te significasti jam revalescere coepisse,Ambros. Ep. 79, 1.
* Trop.: Laodicea (tremore terrae prolapsa), revaluit,Tac. A. 14, 27: diplomata Othonis, quae neglegebantur, revalescerent, regain their force or authority, id. H. 2, 54: astutia,App. M. 10, p. 243, 15.