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Webster 1913 Edition
Retrieve
Re-trieve′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Retrieved
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Retrieving
.] [OE.
retreven
, OF. retrover
to find again, recover (il retroeve
e 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
independenceWith late repentance now they would
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
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′
,Verb.
I.
(Sport.)
To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded;
as, a dog naturally inclined to
. retrieve
Walsh.
Re-trieve′
,Noun.
1.
A seeking again; a discovery.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2.
The recovery of game once sprung; – an old sporting term.
[Obs.]
Nares.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retrieve
RETRIE'VE
, v.t.1.
To recover; to restore from loss or injury to a former good state; as to retrieve the credit of a nation; to retrieve one's character; to retrieve a decayed fortune.2.
To repair.Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.
3.
To regain.With late repentance now they would retrieve the bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
4.
To recall; to bring back; as, to retrieve men from their cold trivial conceits.RETRIE'VE
,Noun.