v. Obs. rare. [ad. OF. conval-oir, conval-ant to recover health, f. con- + valoir: cf. L. convalēscĕre in same sense.] To grow strong, recover strength.

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c. 1500.  Poem on Heraldry, 2 (E. E. T. S. Extra Ser., 1869). So convalit vicis & variance … So that few mycht laubour for discrepance.

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a. 1532.  Remed. Love, 410 (R. Suppl.). Whereby reviled Causelesse he is, never to convaile.

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1692.  Coles, Corvail, to recover.

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