The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.)
   To discover and bring in game that has been killed or
   wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. --Walsh.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, n.
   1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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   2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
      [Obs.] --Nares.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find
   again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver;
   pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See
   Trover.]
   1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss
      or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve
      independence.
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            With late repentance now they would retrieve
            The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden
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   2. To recall; to bring back.
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            To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
                                                  --Berkeley.
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   3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or
      damadge.
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            Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. --Prior.
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            There is much to be done . . . and much to be
            retrieved.                            --Burke.
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   Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

retrieve
    v 1: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
         of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
         [syn: recover, retrieve, find, regain]
    2: go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking
       garage"
    3: run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog
       to retrieve"
    4: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't
       remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last
       name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you
       remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn:
       remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up,
       recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a
       blank, forget]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "retrieve":
   bring, bring back, call for, chase after, cover, deliver, extract,
   extricate, fetch, fetch and carry, free, get, get back, go after,
   go and get, go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, liberate, make up,
   obtain, pay for, pick up, procure, ransom, reactivate, recapture,
   reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, recuperate, recycle, redeem,
   regain, rekindle, release, renew, renovate, reoccupy, repay,
   replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, resurrect,
   resuscitate, retake, return, revindicate, revitalize, revive,
   revivify, run after, salvage, save, secure, set free, shag,
   take back, win back



The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Retrieve

    A query language inspired JPLDIS which led to
   Vulcan and then to dBASE II, developed by Tymshare Corp
   in the 1960s.

   (1998-04-29)