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Retrieve
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.] Nares.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back. To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley.
3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke.
Synonyms: recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh.