Definition of recover

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Recover (v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.

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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..
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession..
Recover :: Recover (n.) Recovery.
Convalescency :: Convalescency (n.) The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.
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..
Elasticity :: Elasticity (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork..
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..
Recuperate :: Recuperate (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Creep :: Creep (v. i.) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable..
Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit..
Valetudinarian :: Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
Recognize :: Recognize (v. t.) To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) 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..
Revalescent :: Revalescent (a.) Growing well; recovering strength.
Irrecuperable :: Irrecuperable (a.) Irrecoverable.
Recoveree :: Recoveree (n.) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
Warish :: Warish (v. i.) To be cured; to recover.
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning..
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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