recover.
To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
To reach (a place), arrive at.
To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
to recover lost time
To regain one's composure, balance etc.
Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.
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.
To recover from.
To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate. The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.
Recovery.
A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate. The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.
To cover again.
To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover English recover From re- + cover.
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