Definitions for the word "recover" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To cover again.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To rescue; to deliver.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
Recovery.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v.
1 regain possession, use, or control of. 2 return to health, consciousness, or to a normal state or position. 3 obtain or secure by legal process. 4 retrieve or make up for (a loss, setback, etc.). 5 refl. Regain composure, consciousness, or control of one''s limbs. 6 retrieve (reusable substances) from waste. recoverable adj. [latin: related to *recuperate]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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