'Recover' definitions:

Definition of 'recover'

(from WordNet)
verb
Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, retrieve, find, regain]
verb
Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" [syn: recuperate, recover, convalesce] [ant: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop]
verb
Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" [syn: recover, go back, recuperate]
verb
Regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: recover, recoup, recuperate]
verb
Reuse (materials from waste products) [syn: reclaim, recover]
verb
Cover anew; "recover a chair"

Definition of 'Recover'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. [1913 Webster]
  • David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. --1. Sam. xxx. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. [1913 Webster]
  • The wine in my bottle will recover him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body. [1913 Webster]
  • I do hope to recover my late hurt. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
  • When I had recovered a little my first surprise. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To rescue; to deliver. [1913 Webster]
  • That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. --2. Tim. ii. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • The forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we're sure enough. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die. --Hales. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready." [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Recover'

From: GCIDE
  • Recover \Re*cov"er\ (r?*k?v"?r), v. t. [Pref. re- + cover: cf. F. recouvrir.] To cover again. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Recover'

From: GCIDE
  • Recover \Re*cov"er\ (r?*k?v"?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. [1913 Webster]
  • Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. --2 Kings i. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Recover'

From: GCIDE
  • Recover \Re*cov"er\, n. Recovery. --Sir T. Malory. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'recover'

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