recover

Meanings

Verb

  • To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
  • to salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)
  • To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
  • To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
  • To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process
  • To reach (a place), arrive at.
  • To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
  • To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
  • To regain one's composure, balance etc.
  • To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
  • to recover from
  • To cover again.
  • To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

Noun

  • Recovery.
  • A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
  • The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery)

Origin

  • From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recupero, a late form of reciperō. recuperate.
  • re- + cover.

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