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Retrieve

Retrieve (retrieve)
v. t.(?)
Re*trieve"
[imp. *** p. p. Retrieved (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again
  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.

    Syn. -- To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.

Retrieve

Retrieve (retrieve)
v. i.(?)
Re*trieve"
(Sport.)
  1. To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
    Walsh.

Retrieve

Retrieve (retrieve)
n.
Re*trieve"
  1. A seeking again; a discovery.
    [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
    [Obs.] Nares.












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