Recover
[rɪ'kʌvə] or [rɪ'kʌvɚ]
Definition
(verb.) regain a former condition after a financial loss; 'We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90'; 'The company managed to recuperate'.
(verb.) cover anew; 'recover a chair'.
(verb.) get or find back; recover the use of; 'She regained control of herself'; 'She found her voice and replied quickly'.
(verb.) regain or make up for; 'recuperate one's losses'.
Typist: Vance--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cover again.
(v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
(v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
(v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
(v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
(v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
(v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
(v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
(n.) Recovery.
Checker: Patty
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Regain, recuperate, get back.[2]. Retrieve, restore, repair, recruit, re-establish.[3]. (Law.) Obtain by course of law, get by judgment.
v. n. [1]. Rally, regain health, get well, be restored to health.[2]. Be restored, be reinstated, regain the former state.[3]. (Law.) Obtain judgment.
Typed by Gilda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Regain, repossess, resume, retrieve, recruit, heal, cure, revive, restore,reanimate, save
ANT:Lose, forfeit, miss, sacrifice, deteriorate, impair, decay, decline, relapse
Checker: Polly
Definition
v.t. to get possession of again: to make up for: to retrieve: to cure: to revive: to bring back to any former state: to rescue: to obtain as compensation: to obtain for injury or debt: to reconcile.—v.i. to regain health: to regain any former state: (law) to obtain a judgment.—n. recovery: the forward movement in rowing after one stroke to take another.—n. Recoverabil′ity the state of being recoverable.—adj. Recov′erable that may be recovered or regained: capable of being brought to a former condition.—ns. Recov′erableness the state of being recoverable: capability of being recovered; Recoveree′ one against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery; Recov′erer one who recovers; Recov′eror one who recovers a judgment in common recovery; Recov′ery the act of recovering: the act of regaining anything lost: restoration to health or to any former state: the power of recovering anything: (law) a verdict giving right to the recovery of debts or costs.
v.t. to cover again.
Typist: Theodore
Examples
- But not so easily did Elinor recover from the alarm into which it had thrown her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I gave him a little time to recover. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I daresay she'll recover it, Becky said with a smile--and they drove on and talked about something else. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It said that Miss Rachel was mortally offended with you, for the part you had taken in trying to recover her jewel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I may recover it, but in the mean time we must pull up--we must change our way of living. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I assure you, sir, I am very grateful, said Fred, who had had time to recover his cheerful air. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He needed to recover the full sense that he was in the right by moderating his words. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The true gold of religion was in many cases thrown away with the worn-out purse that had contained it for so long, and it was not recovered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am glad to believe you have repented and recovered yourself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Take care of the dear husband you have recovered, and don't move your pretty head from his shoulder as you have it now, till you see me again! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Turkey recovered Adrianople. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Thornton made a hasty step or two forwards; recovered himself, and went with quiet firmness to the door (which she had left open), and shut it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- China recovered her unity; Europe has still to do so. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He recovered himself so quickly, however, that Mr. Lorry had doubts of his business eye. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But, to return to our friends, whom we left wiping their eyes, and recovering themselves from too great and sudden a joy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Recovering himself, however, shortly, he turned to his partner, and said, Sir William's interruption has made me forget what we were talking of. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mr Wegg, in a languid transport, again dropped over on Mr Venus, and again recovering himself, masked his emotions with a sneeze. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Meanwhile, Rose was rapidly recovering. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He patted her back soothingly, and finding that she was recovering, followed it up by a bashful kiss or two, which brought Jo round at once. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Bird turned around and walked to the window, and Mrs. Bird burst into tears; but, recovering her voice, she said, Why do you ask that? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We can utilize the morrow in recovering the chest, Professor, suggested Mr. Philander. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The air, the movement in the court, the lapse of time, or the combination of these things recovers him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As plainly as she sees on her arm the old father, unimproved, Pleasant sees that everybody there will cut him when he recovers consciousness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But the sun of his sociality soon recovers from this brief eclipse and shines again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He recovers in a moment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You must not think of waiting till Miss Halcombe recovers before you receive Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Jo stands staring and is still staring when she recovers herself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Willie