recover

1. (transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).Examples: "After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet."; "For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid."; "And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had caried away: and Dauid reſcued his two wiues."transitive

2. (transitive) To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).Examples: "They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital."; "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."transitive

3. (transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).Examples: "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."transitive

4. (intransitive, law) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.Examples: "The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name."intransitive

5. (transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.Examples: "to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing"; "to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery"; "recover one's investment"Synonyms: recouptransitive

6. (transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.Examples: "The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough."; "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."; "Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die."obsoletetransitive