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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retrieved}; p. pr &
vb n. {Retrieving}.] [OE. retreven OF retrover to find
again recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver
pref. re- re- + OF trover to find F. trouver. See
{Trover}.]
1. To find again to recover; to regain; to restore from loss
or injury; as to retrieve one's character; to retrieve
independence.
With late repentance now they would retrieve The
bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
--Berkeley.
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