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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·cov·er·a·ble a.  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.
 A prodigal course
 Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable.   --Shak.
    If I am recoverable, why am I thus?   --Cowper.
 -- Re*cov*er*a*ble*ness, n.