To cover again or anew. Sometimes written distinctively re-cover.
noun.
Recovery.
noun.
In boating, the movement of the body by which a rower reaches forward from one stroke in preparation for the next: as, the bow oar is slow in the recover.
In manufacturing, to save; keep what had formerly been thrown away: as, to recover the by-products in a gas-plant.
To regain; get or obtain again (after it has been lost).
To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; cure; heal.
To repair the loss or injury of; retrieve; make up for: as, to recover lost time.
To rescue; save from danger.
To reach by some effort; get; gain; find; come to; return to.
To reconcile; reëstablish friendly relations with.
In law, to obtain by judgment in a court of law or by legal proceedings: as, to recover lands in ejectment; to recover damages for a wrong, or for a breach of contract.
In hunting, to start (a hare) from her cover or form.
To fetch; deal.
To restore to a previous state.
To recoup one's self.
Synonyms and To get back, repair, recruit, recuperate, reëstablish.
To regain health after sickness; grow well again: often followed by of or from.
To regain a former state or condition, as after misfortune or disturbance of mind: as, to recover from a state of poverty or depression. In this sense formerly and still sometimes used elliptically without from.
To come; arrive; make one's way.
To obtain a judgment at law; succeed in a lawsuit: as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.