recover

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   regain a former condition after a financial loss

   We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90

2. 2
   verb

   cover anew

   recover a chair

3. 3
   verb

   get or find back

   recover the use of

4. 4
   verb

   To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

   After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.

5. 5
   verb

   To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).

   They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.

6. 6
   verb

   To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).

   At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.

7. 7
   verb

   To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.

   The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.

8. 8
   verb

   To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.

   to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing

Etymology

From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate. The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.