Recover /(r?*k?v"?r)/

1. To cover again.

imp. & p. p. Recovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering

1. To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.

   David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away.

2. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.

   Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover.

3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.

   The wine in my bottle will recover him.

4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.

   I do hope to recover my late hurt.

   When I had recovered a little my first surprise.

5. To rescue; to deliver.

   That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him.

6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. [Archaic]

   The forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we're sure enough.

   Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.

7. 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. (Law)

1. 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.

   Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease.

2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.]

   With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch.

3. To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. (Law)

1. Recovery.