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Recover
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, - as a state of mind or body.
(2):
(v. i.) 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.
(3):
(v. t.) 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.
(4):
(v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
(5):
(v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
(6):
(n.) Recovery.
(7):
(v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
(8):
(v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
(9):
(v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
(10):
(v. t.) To cover again.
(11):
(v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
(12):
(v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Recover'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/recover.html. 1828.
