To recover from an illness or injury.
To recover from financial straits.
To repair (something that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or otherwise damaged)
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
To put in a better state; to set right; to reform;
To quicken
To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
The act of repairing or recovering.