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Definition recover

Etymology 1

From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuper?, recuper?re, a late form of reciper?. Doublet of recuperate.

Verb

recover (third-person singular simple present recovers, present participle recovering, simple past and past participle recovered)

1. (transitive) To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).
2. (transitive) To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).
3. (transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.
4. (transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
5. (transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
6. (transitive, archaic) To get better from; to get over.
7. (intransitive) To get better, regain one's health.
8. (intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
9. (intransitive, law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit.
10. (transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation.
11. (transitive, law) To gain by legal process.

Noun

recover (plural recovers)

1. (obsolete) Recovery. [14-17c.]
2. (military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
3. (rowing) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another.

Etymology 2

re- +‎ cover.

Verb

recover (third-person singular simple present recovers, present participle recovering, simple past and past participle recovered)

1. To cover again.
2. (roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

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