recover

Verb
Synonyms: retrievefindregainrecuperateconvalescego backrecoupreclaim

WordNet 3.0

Verb (6)

  1. get or find back; recover the use of“She regained control of herself”“She found her voice and replied quickly”Synonyms: retrievefindregain
  2. get over an illness or shock“The patient is recuperating”Synonyms: recuperateconvalesce
  3. regain a former condition after a financial loss“We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90”“The company managed to recuperate”Synonyms: go backrecuperate
  4. regain or make up for“recuperate one's losses”Synonyms: recouprecuperate
  5. reuse (materials from waste products)Synonyms: reclaim
  6. cover anew“recover a chair”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Recover \Re*cov"er\ (r?*k?v"?r), v. t. [Pref. re- + cover: cf. F. recouvrir.] To cover again. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Recover \Re*cov"er\ (r?*k?v"?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recovered (-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ] [OE. recoveren, OF. recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re- re + a word of unknown origin. Cf.Recuperate.] [1913 Webster]

1.To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. [1913 Webster]

David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away.— 1. Sam. xxx. 18.[1913 Webster]

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." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover.— Rogers.[1913 Webster]

3.To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. [1913 Webster]

The wine in my bottle will recover him.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body. [1913 Webster]

I do hope to recover my late hurt.— Cowley.[1913 Webster]
When I had recovered a little my first surprise.— De Foe.[1913 Webster]

5.To rescue; to deliver. [1913 Webster]

That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him.— 2. Tim. ii. 26.[1913 Webster]

6.To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

The forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we're sure enough.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.— Hales.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready." [1913 Webster]

Syn: To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure. [1913 Webster]

Recover \Re*cov"er\ (r?*k?v"?r), 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. [1913 Webster]

Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease.— 2 Kings i. 2.[1913 Webster]

2.To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

3.(Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. [1913 Webster]

Recover \Re*cov"er\, n. Recovery. --Sir T. Malory. [1913 Webster]
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