v. t.
With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded;
n.
n. Retrieval. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.