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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Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..
Convalesce :: Convalesce (v. i.) To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce..
Weldon''s Process :: Weldon's process () A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after the inventor..
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had..
Finally :: Finally (adv.) Completely; beyond recovery.
Replenish :: Replenish (v. i.) To recover former fullness.
Recuperate :: Recuperate (v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength..
Recure :: Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.
Retrievable :: Retrievable (a.) That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval.
Retrieve :: Retrieve (n.) The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession..
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..
Valetudinarian :: Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
Unproselyte :: Unproselyte (v. t.) To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte.
Right :: Right (v. i.) To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.
Fieri Facias :: Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed..
Recoveror :: Recoveror (n.) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment.
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession..
Voucher :: Voucher (n.) The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers..
Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright..
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