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Retrieve :: Retrieve (n.) The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.

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..

Creep :: Creep (v. i.) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable..

Cessavit :: Cessavit (n.) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.

Recure :: Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.

Suit :: Suit (n.) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery..

Reclaim :: Reclaim (n.) The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery..

Detinue :: Detinue (n.) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

Irretrievable :: Irretrievable (a.) Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss..

Trover :: Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion..

Reception :: Reception (n.) A retaking; a recovery.

Elasticity :: Elasticity (n.) The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air..

Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..

Warish :: Warish (v. i.) To be cured; to recover.

Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc..

Restoration :: Restoration (n.) The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness..

Recuperate :: Recuperate (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

Bar :: Bar (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up..

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