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Retrieve

Retrieve Meaning & Definition
Retrieve Definition And Meaning

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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