Definition of recover

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Recover (v. t.) 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..

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Analepsy :: Analepsy () Recovery of strength after sickness.
Recoveree :: Recoveree (n.) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
Irretrievable :: Irretrievable (a.) Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Restore :: Restore (v. t.) To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
Possibly :: Possibly (adv.) In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover..
Retrieve :: Retrieve (v. t.) To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence..
Convalescency :: Convalescency (n.) The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.
Irrecoverable :: Irrecoverable (a.) Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury..
Cessavit :: Cessavit (n.) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
Vouchee :: Vouchee (n.) The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery..
Post-disseizor :: Post-disseizor (n.) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor.
Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..
Irreparable :: Irreparable (a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss..
Unmonopolize :: Unmonopolize (v. t.) To recover or release from the state of being monopolized.
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong..
Recure :: Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.
Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit..
Overget :: Overget (v. t.) To get beyond; to get over or recover from.
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