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RECOVER, L. recupero re and capio, to take.
1. To regain to get or obtain that which was lost as, to recover stolen goods to recover a town or territory which an enemy had taken to recover sight or senses to recover health or strength after sickness.
David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1 Samuel 30 .
2. To restore from sickness as, to recover one from leprosy. 2 Kings 5 .
3. To revive from apparent death as, to recover a drowned man.
4. To regain by reparation to repair the loss of, or to repair an injury done by neglect as, to recover lost time.
Good men have lapses and failings to lament and recover.
5. To regain a former state by liberation from capture or possession.
That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil. 2 Timothy 2 .
6. To gain as a compensation to obtain in return for injury or debt as, to recover damages in trespass to recover debt and cost in a suit at law.
7. To reach to come to.
The forest is not three leagues off if we recover that, we're sure enough.
8. To obtain title to by judgment in a court of law as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery.
RECOVER,
1. To regain health after sickness to grow well followed by of or from.
Go, inquire of Beelzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings 1 .
2. To regain a former state or condition after misfortune as, to recover from a state of poverty or depression.
3. To obtain a judgment in law to succeed in a lawsuit. The plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Recover'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/recover.html.
Entry for 'Recover'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/recover.html.
