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Re·cov·er v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recovered p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ]
1. To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. --1. Sam. xxx. 18.
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.”
Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. --Rogers.
3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
The wine in my bottle will recover him. --Shak.
4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
I do hope to recover my late hurt. --Cowley.
When I had recovered a little my first surprise. --De Foe.
5. To rescue; to deliver.
That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. --2. Tim. ii. 26.
6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. [Archaic]
The forest is not three leagues off;
If we recover that, we're sure enough. --Shak.
Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die. --Hales.
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.
Recover arms Mil. Drill, a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of “aim” to that of “ready.”
Syn: -- To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.
recovered
adj 1: freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured";
"the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely
recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to
remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon
Cameron [syn: cured, healed]
2: found after being lost [syn: recovered(p)]