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recovered |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 1. To get or obtain again to get renewed possession of to win back to regain. David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away --1. Sam. xxx. 18. 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. Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. --Rogers. 3. 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 --Shak. 4. 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. --De Foe. 5. To rescue; to deliver. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him --2. Tim. ii 26. 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. --Hales. 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. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recovered adj 1: freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron [syn: {cured}, {healed}] 2: found after being lost [syn: {recovered(p)}]
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