Simple past tense and past participle of recuperate.(verb)
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Use "recuperated" in a sentence
""The research has just begun, but we can say for sure that, despite the stamina of the cockroaches, weightlessness exerted a serious influence on them, especially on their motor functions – they move slower and get tired quicker," the scientist said, adding that the insects recuperated from the spaceflight amazingly quickly."
"The bodies of those who did not die or disappear have survived or recuperated from the physical violence of the uprising."
"In 1994, in many areas, the Zapatistas 'recuperated', and became collective owners of, the fields they once worked as slaves, and which they now work together for themselves."