Recover

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=cov=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

Recover, v. t. [Pref. re- + cover: cf. F. recouvrir.].

 To cover again.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

Recover, v. t. [OE. recoveren, OF. recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re- re + a word of unknown origin. Cf.Recuperate.].

•  To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.  [1913 Webster]

  "David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

  "Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover."  [1913 Webster]
•  To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.  [1913 Webster]

  "The wine in my bottle will recover him."  [1913 Webster]
•  To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.  [1913 Webster]

  "I do hope to recover my late hurt."  [1913 Webster]

  "When I had recovered a little my first surprise."  [1913 Webster]
•  To rescue; to deliver.  [1913 Webster]

  "That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him."  [1913 Webster]
•  To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.  [1913 Webster]

  "The forest is not three leagues off;
  If we recover that, we're sure enough."  [1913 Webster]

  "Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

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.

Recover, v. i. 

•  To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.  [1913 Webster]

  "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make one's way; to come; to arrive.  [1913 Webster]

  "With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch."  [1913 Webster]
•  To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.  [1913 Webster]

Recover, n. 

 Recovery.  Sir T. Malory.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Recover, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. regain possession or use or control of, reclaim.
2 intr. return to health or consciousness or to a normal state or position (have recovered from my illness; the country never recovered from the war).
3 tr. obtain or secure (compensation etc.) by legal process.
4 tr. retrieve or make up for (a loss, setback, etc.).
5 refl. regain composure or consciousness or control of one's limbs.
6 tr. retrieve (reusable substances) from industrial waste.
--n. the recovery of a normal position in fencing etc.

Derivative

recoverable adj. recoverability n. recoverer n.

Etymology

ME f. AF recoverer, OF recovrer f. L recuperare RECUPERATE

THESAURUS

Recover

balance, bounce back, bring back, come about, come around, come back, come round, come to, come up smiling, compensate, convalesce, deliver, extract, extricate, free, gain strength, get about, get back, get better, get over, get well, heal, improve, liberate, make a comeback, mend, offset, perk up, pull round, pull through, rally, ransom, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, recuperate, recycle, redeem, rediscover, refresh, regain, rejuvenate, release, renew, renovate, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, restitute, restore, resume, retake, retrieve, return, revindicate, revive, salvage, save, set free, survive, take back, weather the storm, win back

ROGET THESAURUS

Recover

Health

VB be in health, bloom, flourish, keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs, enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health, have a clean bill of health, return to health, recover, get better, take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life, recruit, restore to health, cure, tinker.

Improvement

VB improve, be better, become better, get better, mend, amend, advance, ascend, increase, fructify, ripen, mature, pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner, raise one's head, sow one's wild oats, recover, be better, be improved by, turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account, profit by, reap the benefit of, make good use of, make capital out of, place to good account, render better, improve, mend, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, decrassify, improve upon, refine upon, rectify, enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten, promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance, bring forward, bring on, foster, invigorate, touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up, polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage, prune, repair, put in order, review, revise, make corrections, make improvements, doctor, purify, relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit, reform, remodel, reorganize, new model, view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, palliate, mitigate, lessen an evil.

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds, return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Acquisition

VB acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue.

Taking

VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

Restitution

VB return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back, render, render up, give up, let go, unclutch, disgorge, regorge, regurgitate, recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, remit, rehabilitate, repair, reinvest, revest, reinstate, redeem, recover, take back again, revest, revert.