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Definition of Recover
Re`cov´er Pronunciation: r?`k?v´?r | v. t. | 1. | To cover again. | | 1. | | | 1. | To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. | | 2. | To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. | | 3. | To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. | | 4. | To overcome; to get the better of, - as a state of mind or body. | | 5. | To rescue; to deliver. | | 6. | To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. | | 7. | (Law) 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. | | v. i. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To make one's way; to come; to arrive. | | 3. | (Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. | | n. | 1. | Recovery. |
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