parantua — meaning in English
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English meaning
- amend verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
- deepen verb To make or become deeper.
- heal verb To make well again after illness or injury; to recover.
- improve verb To make something better in quality, value, or condition.
- recover verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
- recuperate verb To recover strength or health after illness, injury, or exhaustion.
- reform noun A change made to improve something, especially a system, law, or institution.
- rehabilitate verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
Senses
parantua is used for these senses in English:
- deepen (intransitive) To become more thorough or extensive.
- heal (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- heal (intransitive) To become better or healthy again.
- improve (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
- recover (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
- recuperate (intransitive) To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).
- reform (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
- rehabilitate (intransitive) To go through such a process; to recover. [from 20th c.]
amend — full definition
- verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
- verb To improve or correct something more generally.
deepen — full definition
- verb To make or become deeper.
- verb To make or become more intense, serious, or extreme.
- verb To make or become darker in colour, or lower in tone or pitch.