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).
I Lit., Ov. H. 21, 231: ex capitali morbo, Gell. 16, 13, 5: interibi revalesco, Ap. Mag. p. 320, 29: te significasti jam revalescere coepisse, Ambros. Ep. 79, 1. —
II 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, Ap. Met. 10, 10, 8.