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/rɪtrˈiv/ /ritrˈiv/ Listen

verb

Retrieve v. t. (past & past part. retrieved; pres. part. retrieving)

To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. "With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live."

To recall; to bring back. "To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits."

To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. "Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall." "There is much to be done... and much to be retrieved."

Synonyms: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.

Retrieve v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.

noun

Retrieve n.

A seeking again; a discovery. (Obs.)

The recovery of game once sprung; an old sporting term. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Retrieve'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Retrieve" Quotes from Famous Books

... will, I think, fairly meet the requirements of the case. But we want more money, and my first move towards getting this has not turned out quite so satisfactorily as Pryer and I had hoped; we shall, however, I doubt not, retrieve it shortly." ...

— The Way of All Flesh • Samuel Butler

... were glowing. The thought that he individually could do something to retrieve the awful shame of his sister's treachery spurred him to activity. It needed no persuasion on Lucile's part to induce him to go. She made him put on some old clothes and stuffed a piece of bread and cheese ...

— The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy

... expedition appears to have been one prolonged blunder throughout; and it is to be hoped that the rescuing party may not be mismanaged and retarded in the same way as the unfortunate original expedition was. The savans have made a sad mess of the whole affair; let them, if possible, retrieve themselves in this ...

— Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia • William John Wills

... found a way, Fra Giocondo told the Signori that, if they did not quickly come to some resolution about preventing such an evil, in a few years, to judge by that which could be seen to have happened in part, they would become aware of their error, without being in time to be able to retrieve it. Roused by this warning, and hearing the powerful arguments of Fra Giocondo, the Signori summoned an assembly of the best engineers and architects that there were in Italy, at which many opinions were given and many designs made; but that of ...

— Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi • Giorgio Vasari

... to retrieve?" he crowed offensively, boldly looking up into the other's face. "It seems you are yourself reluctant." And he laughed a trifle stridently, and looked about him for ...

— Mistress Wilding • Rafael Sabatini

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