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To cover again. |
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To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of;
to win back; to regain. |
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To make good by reparation; to make up for; to
retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. |
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To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to
bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. |
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To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of
mind or body. |
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To rescue; to deliver. |
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To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to
come to. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To make one's way; to come; to arrive. |
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To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the
plaintiff has recovered in his suit. |
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Recovery. |
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