Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
recover en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈkʊvə/ (Midlands, Northern-England)
- /ɹɪˈkʌvəɾ/ (Scotland)
- /ɹɪˈkʌvə/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
- /ɹɪˈkɐvə/ (Australia)
- (US) audio
- /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɹəˈkɐvə/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɹəˈkʌvɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɹɪˈkəvə/ (Wales)
Etymology
From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate.
The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Recovery.
It was neuer in my thoughte saide laūcelot to withholde the quene from my lord Arthur / but in soo moche she shold haue ben dede for my sake / me semeth it was my parte to saue her lyf and putte her from that daunger tyl better recouer myghte come / & now I thanke god sayd sir Launcelot that the pope hath made her pees
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:
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A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
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(dated) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).
Forms
Deriveds
recoverless
recover en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈkʊvə/ (Midlands, Northern-England)
- /ɹɪˈkʌvəɾ/ (Scotland)
- /ɹɪˈkʌvə/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
- /ɹɪˈkɐvə/ (Australia)
- (US) audio
- /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɹəˈkɐvə/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɹəˈkʌvɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɹɪˈkəvə/ (Wales)
Etymology
From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate.
The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.
Meanings
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(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
All the comrades of the Party must strive with maximum courage and unswerving determination, together with our compatriots of the whole country, to carry out our historic task of recovering the mainland and reshaping the Chinese nation.
1979 December 16, Ching-kuo Chiang, “Chairman Chiang Ching-kuo's Opening Address to the KMT Plenum”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XX, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had caried away: and Dauid reſcued his two wiues.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 30:18, column 1:After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
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(transitive) To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
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(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNN:
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(intransitive) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
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(transitive) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery
recover one's investment
to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing
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(obsolete, transitive) To reach (a place), arrive at.
The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:But with much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch, having ſcarce a third part of them left, their horſes all dead, and themſelves ſcarce mounted on their legs, miſerably weak; as what the mercy of ſword, plague, and famine had pleaſed to ſpare.
1639, Thomas Fuller, “Theobald King of Navarre Maketh an Unsuccessfull Voyage into Palestine”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book IV, page 179:Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.
1646, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales:
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(archaic, transitive) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
Cnelius a physician[…]gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:The fever must have run its course by now, and if he is about to die I will recover him.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:The wine in my bottle will recover him.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:And that they may recouer themſelues out of the ſnare of the deuill, who are taken captiue by him at his will.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 2:26, column 2:
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(archaic, transitive) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
to recover lost time
when I had recovered a little, Friday (said I) God will at last punish him severely
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:21 May, 1665, Abraham Cowley, letter to Dr. Thomas Sprat
I do hope to recover my late hurt.
Even good men have […]many failings and lapses to lament and recover.
a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:
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(intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.
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(followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling, intransitive) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
It takes time and good health to recover from injury, surgery, a bereavement and emotional turmoil
I was hurt, but I knew I’d recover, given time.
Without calling in Business Recovery experts, the company saw trade and investor confidence recover sharply in the wake of the crisis.
My trip along the rest of the line is delightful. It's yet another route that has recovered from previous rationalisation by having tracks and platforms reinstated in recent years.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:I lost out in the deal, but I quickly recovered financially
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(archaic, transitive, without "from") To recover from.
To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
Forms
Deriveds
cryorecover · overrecover · recoverability · recoverance · recover one's senses · recoveror · recoverin · recoveree · recoverable · misrecover · recoverless · recoveringly · unrecovered
Relateds
recovery
Synonyms
recoup
Translations (133)
hu kigyógyul (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · sk zotaviť sa (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · vi kiếm lại (transitive: to get back, regain) · id sembuh kembali (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ro se face bine (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · mi mātūtū (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · enm recoveren (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · qu allinyay (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · uk поправля́тися (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · es volver / tornar a salir adelante (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · enm recoveren (transitive: to get back, regain) · hy ապաքինվել (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · pt recuperar-se (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · unm wëlamàlsi (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ang ġewierpan (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · be вычу́ньваць (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · da redde (transitive: to get back, regain) · uk оду́жати (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · mi whakamāui (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ru вы́здороветь (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · nl herstellen (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · fi tervehtyä (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · izh koheta (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · tl gumaling (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · be папра́віцца (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · mk оздрави (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · uk очу́няти (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · el ανακτώ (transitive: to get back, regain) · mi tumahu (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · tr iyileşmek (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · cmn 復原 /复原 (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · de zurückgewinnen (transitive: to get back, regain) · fi palautua (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · az sağalmaq (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · nl recupereren (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · it ritrovare (transitive: to get back, regain) · eo reakiri (transitive: to get back, regain) · la sanescō (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · es reponerse (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ru попра́виться (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ru возвраща́ть (transitive: to get back, regain) · cs zotavit se (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu fellendül (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · bg възстановявам (transitive: to get back, regain) · ro se însănătoși (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · bcl umay (transitive: to get back, regain) · la relego (transitive: to get back, regain) · hu kihever (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu felépül (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · bg възвръщам си (transitive: to get back, regain) · cmn 療養 /疗养 (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · sv vederfås (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · pl zdrowieć (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · sv tillfriskna (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · izh elpyä (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · pt recuperar (transitive: to get back, regain) · pl wyzdrowieć (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · bg оздравя́вам (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ar بَرِئَ (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu visszanyer (transitive: to get back, regain) · be ачу́ньваць (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu meggyógyul (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · de genesen (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · it guarire (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · km ជាសះស្បើយ (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · fr recouvrer (transitive: to get back, regain) · grc ἀναλαμβάνω (transitive: to get back, regain) · ko 나아지다 (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · nl genezen (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · tl ibalik (transitive: to get back, regain) · hu talpra áll (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ja 回復する (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu visszaszerez (transitive: to get back, regain) · hu magához tér (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · es no hundirse (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · gd slànaich (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · uk виду́жувати (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · de erholen (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · uk очу́нювати (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ca recuperar-se (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · fr récupérer (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · vi tìm lại được (transitive: to get back, regain) · ro recupera (transitive: to get back, regain) · be вы́чуніць (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · da få/hente/skaffe tilbage/igen (transitive: to get back, regain) · eo regajni (transitive: to get back, regain) · sv komma sig (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · is batna (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · vi phục hồi (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ko 회복하다 (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · fi toipua (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · cmn 收复 (transitive: to get back, regain) · ru выздора́вливать (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · fi saada takaisin (transitive: to get back, regain) · fr se remettre (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · vi giành lại (transitive: to get back, regain) · swb uangala (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · sk vyzdravieť (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · fi parantua (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ar شُفِيَ (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · be папраўля́цца (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu felgyógyul (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · uk ви́дужати (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · th ฟื้นตัว (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · vi lấy lại (transitive: to get back, regain) · sv återfå (transitive: to get back, regain) · eo resaniĝi (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · uk попра́витися (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · nl beter worden (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · cmn 追回 (transitive: to get back, regain) · vi khỏi (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · th หาย (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · sv återhämta sig (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · cmn 恢复 (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · pt melhorar (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · mk оздравува (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu visszakap (transitive: to get back, regain) · fr guérir (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · nl terugwinnen (transitive: to get back, regain) · uk оду́жувати (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · hu kilábal (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · be ачуня́ць (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · be здараве́ць (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · id sembuh (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ru верну́ть (transitive: to get back, regain) · be вы́здаравець (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ru поправля́ться (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ca recuperar (transitive: to get back, regain) · cmn 康复 (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · ru возврати́ть (transitive: to get back, regain) · bg оздраве́я (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · zza weş biyayen (intransitive: to get better, regain health) · okm 둏〯다〮 (intransitive: to get better, regain health)