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]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

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)