RECOVER

recuperate, recover, convalesce

(verb) get over an illness or shock; “The patient is recuperating”

recover, go back, recuperate

(verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss; “We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90”; “The company managed to recuperate”

recover

(verb) cover anew; “recover a chair”

reclaim, recover

(verb) reuse (materials from waste products)

recover, retrieve, find, regain

(verb) get or find back; recover the use of; “She regained control of herself”; “She found her voice and replied quickly”

recover, recoup, recuperate

(verb) regain or make up for; “recuperate one’s losses”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

recover (third-person singular simple present recovers, present participle recovering, simple past and past participle recovered)

(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

(transitive) to salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)

(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).

(intransitive, legal) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.

(transitive, legal) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process

(transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.

(transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.

(transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.

(intransitive) To get better, to regain health or prosperity

(intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.

Prepositional verb

Recover from

(transitive) To get better from; to get over; to recover;

Noun

recover (plural recovers)

(obsolete) Recovery. [14^th-17^thc.]

(military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.

(dated) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery)

Etymology 2

Verb

recover (third-person singular simple present recovers, present participle recovering, simple past and past participle recovered)

To cover again.

(roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

Anagrams

• coverer, recovre

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*cov"er (r*kv"r), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + cover: cf. F. recouvrir.]

Definition: To cover again. Sir W. Scott.

Re*cov"er (r*kv"r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recovered (-rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ] Etym: [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." 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. Shak.

4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body. I do hope to recover my late hurt. Cowley. When I had recovered a little my first surprise. 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. Shak. Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die. Hales.

7. (Law)

Definition: 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."

Syn.

– To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.

Re*cov"er (r*kv"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. Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2.

2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.] With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. Fuller.

3. (Law)

Definition: To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.

Re*cov"er, n.

Definition: Recovery. Sir T. Malory.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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