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Recover   /rɪkˈəvər/   Listen
verb
Recover  v. t.  To cover again.


Recover  v. t.  (past & past part. recovered; pres. part. recovering)  
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."
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." "Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover."
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."
4.
To overcome; to get the better of, as a state of mind or body. "I do hope to recover my late hurt." "When I had recovered a little my first surprise."
5.
To rescue; to deliver. "That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him."
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." "Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die."
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.


Recover  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.
To make one's way; to come; to arrive. (Obs.) "With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch."
3.
(Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.


noun
Recover  n.  Recovery.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Recover" Quotes from Famous Books



... can take your infant terrors and load them on the first train away from here. But the revolvers are confiscated, Wild Charlie, and they'll stay here. You can try to recover the revolvers by a civil suit, if you want to risk it in court. Otherwise, make your get-away as fast as you can. I'll admit that your outfit had the josh on me, and had me tickling the wire for the reserves. But just now the town holds ...
— Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point - Standing Firm for Flag and Honor • H. Irving Hancock
... consequently it is best to exclude as much daylight as possible and keep the room in a sort of twilight until the child begins to improve. Be careful to avoid any odor coming from a burning lamp in the night. When the child begins to recover, give it plenty of sunlight. After the child begins to get better let in all the sunlight the windows will admit. Take a south room for the ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols
... wait for him to recover his self-possession: he hurried after Lady Westborough, who, with her daughter, ...
— The Disowned, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... twice to-day," said the Little Colonel, taking a deep breath as she began to recover from her fright. "Jonesy ought to ...
— Two Little Knights of Kentucky • Annie Fellows Johnston
... angry; then fear and utter dejection had followed one another. But in precise proportion as the charges had accumulated, and the evidence had become overwhelming, he had, so far from becoming demoralized, seemed to recover ...
— Within an Inch of His Life • Emile Gaboriau


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