recovered

Adjective
US[ruh-kuhv-erd]/rəˈkʌvɚd/3 syllablesalso [rih-kuhv-erd] /rɪˈkʌvɚd/
Synonyms: curedhealed

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. freed from illness or injury“the patient appears cured”“the incision is healed”“appears to be entirely recovered”“when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium — Normon Cameron”Synonyms: curedhealedOpposite illSimilar well
  2. found after being lostOpposite lostSimilar found
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“recovered” is listed under Recover.

Re·cov′er (r?-k?v′?r), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Recovered (-?rd); present participle & verbal noun Recovering. ]

Origin: OE. recoveren, OF. recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re- re + a word of unknown origin. Cf.Recuperate.

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.— 1. Sam. xxx. 18.

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.” Geoffrey Chaucer

Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover.— Rogers

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.— William Shakespeare

4. To overcome; to get the better of, — as a state of mind or body.

I do hope to recover my late hurt.— Abraham Cowley
When I had recovered a little my first surprise.— Daniel De Foe

5. To rescue; to deliver.

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

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.— William Shakespeare
Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.— John Hales

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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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