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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-kuhv-er
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkʌv ər



Definition of recover

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to regain consciousness," from Anglo-French rekeverer (13c.), Old French recovrer "come back, return; regain health; procure, get again" (11c.), from Medieval Latin recuperare "to recover" (source of Spanish recobrar, Italian ricoverare; see recuperation). Meaning "to regain health or strength" is from early 14c.; sense of "to get (anything) back" is first attested mid-14c. Related: Recovered; recovering.
  • verb find again
  • verb improve in health
Example sentences :
  • It has been our good luck to recover a portion of that history.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • At first, when he began to recover, he tried to talk to her about it.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • We who were near to Helen have been slow to recover from the shock and the bitterness of her death.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • In the meantime, the man who had for so far lain insensible, began to recover slowly.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • She could not recover her ease of mind until she had the certainty that she was still beloved.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • A crusade is a war to recover the Holy Land from the paynim.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • It was to recover the lost cable of these expeditions that the Elba was got ready for sea.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • They could recover their poise; he with the health of a simple mind, and they as children will.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Then, of the two the first to recover countenance, he doffed his cap and bowed.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • I was fourteenth on the list for this, so that I had ample time to recover.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

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