RECOVER
\ɹɪkˈʌvə], \ɹɪkˈʌvə], \ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈʌ_v_ə]\
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To cover again.
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To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
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To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
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To rescue; to deliver.
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To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
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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.
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To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
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To overcome; to get the better of, - as a state of mind or body.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To cover again.
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To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
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To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
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To rescue; to deliver.
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To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
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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.
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To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
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To overcome; to get the better of, - as a state of mind or body.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To cover again.
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To obtain again; regain; retrieve.
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To regain health, prosperity, etc.; succeed in a lawsuit.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To get back the possession of; obtain by judgment in a court of law; as, to recover damages; make good the loss or damage of; as, to recover lost time.
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To regain health, strength, or any former state; to succeed in a lawsuit.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To get possession of again: to make up for: to retrieve: to curve: to revive: to bring back to any former state: to obtain as compensation: to obtain for injury or debt.
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To regain health: to regain any former state: (law) to obtain a judgment.
By Daniel Lyons
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