Sekirov Dictionary

recover

UK /ɹɪˈkʌvə/US /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/

verb 11
noun 3
/ɹiˈkʌvɚ/ verb 2
forms 5

verb11

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to become strong and healthy again, or to get back to a good position after a bad time
- I was hurt, but I knew I’d recover, given time.
- Without calling in Business Recovery experts, the company saw trade and investor confidence recover sharply in the wake of the crisis.
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To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
- After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
- For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
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To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
- They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
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To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
- At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
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To regain one's composure, balance etc.
- Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.
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To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
- The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
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To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
- to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing
- to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery
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(no longer used) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
- The wine in my bottle will recover him. — 1610
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(no longer used) To recover from.
- To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
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(no longer used) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
- to recover lost time
- 21 May, 1665, Abraham Cowley, letter to Dr. Thomas Sprat I do hope to recover my late hurt.
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(no longer used) To reach (a place), arrive at.
- The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough. — 1590

noun3

A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
(old-fashioned) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).
(no longer used) Recovery.

recover

UK /ɹiːˈkʌvə/US /ɹiˈkʌvɚ/

verb2

To cover again.
To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

forms

recovered · recovering · recovereth · recovers · recoverest

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