The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To rescue; to deliver.
That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him.
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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.
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(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.''
Syn: To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of recover English)
WordNet
adj. returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed" [syn: convalescent]
Usage examples of "recovering".
He raised away from her, recovering his sensibilities, expecting to find cravat and shirtfront ruined, finding instead to his pleased surprise that Jane had fixed a bib around his shoulders in time to save his clothing.
His wound was dressed and he was recovering, but on September 11th he tore the cast off his abdomen, and pulled out of the wound the omentum and 32 inches of colon, which he tore off and threw between his pallet and the wall.
I, Sir, am Astoria Quillett, practising whore, presently recovering from a raging bout of gonorrhoea.
Both are recovering from welcoming Dorcas, the girl who came with your son.
Delivery took place twelve hours after the operation, the mother recovering, but the child was lost.
After recovering, his intellect fully developed itself in a mind endowed with a lively imagination, an amazing memory, and a zeal for study rarely equaled.
At this time he was confined to his room with great weakness, similar to that of a person recovering from an asthmatic attack.
No symptoms developed, but six weeks later, the child had an attack of ulcerative stomatitis, from which it seemed to be recovering nicely, when suddenly it ejected two ounces of bright red blood in clots, and became collapsed out of proportion to the loss of blood.
Guthrie has mentioned a parallel instance of a ball traversing the thoracic cavity, the patient completely recovering after treatment.
She shook her head from side to side as if recovering from a blow, then turned to regard him.
After a minute by common consent they stopped to tread water, recovering spent breath, smiling upon one another in sheer joy of the cool water.
He turned right into the blue and stopped before the multitude of writhing bodies, just recovering from the last climax.
The other women then arise, bewildered at first, but soon recovering full rationality.
She was just recovering from the most delicious thirty minutes of recent memory and not inclined to protest overmuch, especially when reassured that more pleasure was in store.
When you stroke I am recovering, and when I stroke you draw your arm back.