Definition of recover

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Recover (v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time..

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Crusade :: Crusade (n.) Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans..
Irreparable :: Irreparable (a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss..
Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution..
Replenish :: Replenish (v. i.) To recover former fullness.
Creep :: Creep (v. i.) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable..
Reception :: Reception (n.) A retaking; a recovery.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time..
Amber Room :: Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
Restoration :: Restoration (n.) The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Resuscitate :: Resuscitate (v. t.) To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants..
Retrievable :: Retrievable (a.) That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval.
Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..
Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..
Rally :: Rally (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc..
Redraft :: Redraft (n.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges..
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had..
Recoverer :: Recoverer (n.) One who recovers.
Irrecuperable :: Irrecuperable (a.) Irrecoverable.
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