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Recover   /rɪkˈəvər/   Listen
verb
Recover  v. t.  To cover again.


Recover  v. t.  (past & past part. recovered; pres. part. recovering)  
1.
To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. "David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away."
2.
To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. "Loss of catel may recovered be." "Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover."
3.
To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. "The wine in my bottle will recover him."
4.
To overcome; to get the better of, as a state of mind or body. "I do hope to recover my late hurt." "When I had recovered a little my first surprise."
5.
To rescue; to deliver. "That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him."
6.
To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. (Archaic) "The forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we're sure enough." "Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die."
7.
(Law) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.
Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready."
Synonyms: To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.


Recover  v. i.  
1.
To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright. "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease."
2.
To make one's way; to come; to arrive. (Obs.) "With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch."
3.
(Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.


noun
Recover  n.  Recovery.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Recover" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the civilized Indians. It carries them off in multitudes. Despite their outdoor living, it seems that few, if any, ever recover from an attack. The dread disease had fastened itself upon Mary and she was sick unto death. Her little shack was no fit place for a living person, and here was one dying. Frequent visits from her teacher afforded the dying maiden her only relief. ...
— Trail Tales • James David Gillilan
... resources for which it feels no responsibility, from which it is content to take without giving. Reading in a pamphlet of Professor Toynbee's the other day, I found this description of the Eastern world in the 15th and 16th centuries of our era:—"Even when the East began to recover and comparatively stable Moslem states arose again in Turkey and Persia and Hindustan, the nomadic taint was in them and condemned them to sterility.... One gets the impression not of a government administering a country, but of a horde of nomads ...
— Sex And Common-Sense • A. Maude Royden
... that she had had no time to think, to reflect, to say to herself: "What does he want with me?" no time even to recover herself. ...
— The Grip of Desire • Hector France
... grotesque, limp attitudes; men struck down by a paralyzing ray. Why, no nation on earth had developed rays for warfare! Yet—a crew of helpless men was even then in the sick bay, receiving attention in the hope that they might recover. ...
— Astounding Stories, February, 1931 • Various
... found a road out of their difficulties by way of the bankruptcy court. It was a great relief. "For upwards of two years," he wrote to Brevoort, "I have been bowed down in spirit, and harassed by the most sordid cares. As yet, I trust, my mind has not lost its elasticity, and I hope to recover some cheerful standing in the world. Indeed, I feel very little solicitude about my own prospects. I trust something will turn up to procure me subsistence, and am convinced, however scanty and precarious may be my lot, I can bring ...
— Washington Irving • Henry W. Boynton


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