About The Word Retrieve
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Retrieve
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What's The Definition Of Retrieve?
[v] recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
[v] of trained dogs [v] get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" Synonyms | Synonyms for Retrieve: call back | call up | find | recall | recollect | recover | regain | remember | think Related Terms | Find terms related to Retrieve: See Also | access | acquire | bring | brush up | convey | fetch | get | get | know | recognise | recognize | refresh | review | think back Retrieve In Webster's Dictionary \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retrieved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Retrieving}.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find
again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver;
pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See
{Trover}.]
1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss
or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve
independence.
With late repentance now they would retrieve The
bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back.
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
--Berkeley.
3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or
damadge.
Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. --Prior.
There is much to be done . . . and much to be
retrieved. --Burke.
Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
\Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. --Walsh. \Re*trieve"\, n. 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.] --Nares. |
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