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retrieving |
1 definition found 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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