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Recovered   /rəkˈəvərd/  /rɪkˈəvərd/   Listen
verb
Recover  v. t.  To cover again.


Recover  v. t.  (past & past part. recovered; pres. part. recovering)  
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."
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." "Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover."
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."
4.
To overcome; to get the better of, as a state of mind or body. "I do hope to recover my late hurt." "When I had recovered a little my first surprise."
5.
To rescue; to deliver. "That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him."
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." "Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die."
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."
Synonyms: To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.


Recover  v. i.  
1.
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. "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease."
2.
To make one's way; to come; to arrive. (Obs.) "With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch."
3.
(Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.





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"Recovered" Quotes from Famous Books



... rice-spirit, until then unknown to his simple taste, this clay-brained earth-pig left the two she-children alone for a space while he slept. Discovering each other to be the creature of another part, they battled together and tore from one another the signs of recognition. When the untrustworthy gnome recovered from his stupor he saw what he had done, but being terror-driven he took up one of the she-children at a venture and returned with a pliant tale. It was not until a few moons ago that while in a close extremity he confessed his crime. Meanwhile ...
— Kai Lung's Golden Hours • Ernest Bramah
... legendary temper and unwillingness to suffer fools gladly did not help matters. By the time of the Jupiter project cancellation in 1983, Foonly's proposal to build another F-1 was eclipsed by the {Mars}, and the company never quite recovered. See the {Mars} entry for the continuation and ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... with Korostelev. He did nothing but scowl and drink red wine, and did not eat a morsel. She ate nothing, either. At one minute she was praying inwardly and vowing to God that if Dymov recovered she would love him again and be a faithful wife to him. Then, forgetting herself for a minute, she would look at Korostelev, and think: "Surely it must be dull to be a humble, obscure person, not remarkable in any ...
— The Wife and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... hero so strong that there was little fear of his being ousted; so my sympathies were on the winning side. But once he met his master, and was pitched with terrific violence across the sand, striking on his head, to his evident stupefaction. When he recovered he gave up his property without demur, and started for another venture. Then I, the deus ex machina, stepped into the epic, pitched the usurper three times as far as he had thrown my friend, then rolled the "apple of discord" directly ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 • Various
... to kiss her, she would put her back up like a cat at the approach of a dog, crying out "I will tell Madame!" In short at the end of six months he had not even recovered the price of a single fagot. From her labour Marie Fiquet became harder and firmer. Sometimes she would reply to the gentle request of her master, "When you have taken it from me will you ...
— Droll Stories, Volume 1 • Honore de Balzac


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