Recover

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cover again.
  • (v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
  • (v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
  • (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
  • (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
  • (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
  • (v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
  • (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
  • (n.) Recovery.

Compare recover with other words:

recover vs. rejuvenate

recover vs. unearth

recover vs. remover

capture vs. recover

reconcile vs. recover

cancel vs. recover

recover vs. refreshed

recover vs. solve

recover vs. repair

recover vs. reinstate

recover vs. rectify

overget vs. recover

cessavit vs. recover

recover vs. recure

recover vs. rescuable

recover vs. recoverer

rally vs. recover

reclaim vs. recover

admit vs. recover

overcome vs. recover

cure vs. recover

discover vs. recover

recover vs. warish

convalesce vs. recover

recover vs. rehabilitate

recover vs. redeemable

irredeemable vs. recover

recover vs. retrievable

recover vs. recoverable

recover vs. replevy

recover vs. retrieve

recoup vs. recover

convalescent vs. recover

recover vs. remedy

backup vs. recover

content vs. recover

recover vs. revive

membrane vs. recover

recover vs. recovery

balance vs. recover

recover vs. restore

reach vs. recover

recover vs. resume

recover vs. return

recover vs. regain

heal vs. recover

recover vs. redeem

recover vs. replevin

recover vs. rescue

recover vs. trash

cover vs. recover

recover vs. recuperate