recover

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To get back, to regain (a physical thing

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

   • After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
   • For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
   • And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had caried away: and Dauid reſcued his two wiues.
2. 2

   To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).

   • They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
3. 3

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

   • At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
   • Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
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   1. 4

      To obtain a positive judgement

      To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.

      • The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
   2. 5

      To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.

      • to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing
      • to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery
      • recover one's investment
   3. 6

      To reach (a place), arrive at.

      • The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough.
      • Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.
   4. 7

      To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.

      • The wine in my bottle will recover him.
      • And that they may recouer themſelues out of the ſnare of the deuill, who are taken captiue by him at his will.
      • Cnelius a physician[…]gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.
   5. 8

      To make good by reparation

      To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.

      • to recover lost time
      • Even good men have […]many failings and lapses to lament and recover.
      • 21 May, 1665, Abraham Cowley, letter to Dr. Thomas Sprat I do hope to recover my late hurt.
   6. 9

      To regain one's composure, balance etc.

      • Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.
   7. 10

      To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

      • I was hurt, but I knew I’d recover, given time.
      • Without calling in Business Recovery experts, the company saw trade and investor confidence recover sharply in the wake of the crisis.
      • I lost out in the deal, but I quickly recovered financially
   8. 11

      To recover from.

      • To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
   9. 12

      Recovery.

   10. 13

       A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height…

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

   11. 14

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

   12. 15

       To cover again.

   13. 16

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

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