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Webster'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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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