recover

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Recovered p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ] [ OE. recoveren, OF. recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re- re + a word of unknown origin. Cf.Recuperate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. [ 1913 Webster ]

David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1. Sam. xxx. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wine in my bottle will recover him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do hope to recover my late hurt. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I had recovered a little my first surprise. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To rescue; to deliver. [ 1913 Webster ]

That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. 2. Tim. ii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The forest is not three leagues off;
If we recover that, we're sure enough. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of “aim” to that of “ready.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Recovery. Sir T. Malory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. recouvrable. ] Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prodigal course
Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I am recoverable, why am I thus? Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Law) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who recovers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]