Definition of recover

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Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit..

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Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution..
Recover :: Recover (n.) Recovery.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body..
Creep :: Creep (v. i.) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable..
Recoverer :: Recoverer (n.) One who recovers.
Recure :: Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.
Retriever :: Retriever (n.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded..
Analepsy :: Analepsy () Recovery of strength after sickness.
Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow..
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..
Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal..
Post-disseizin :: Post-disseizin (n.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished..
Elasticity :: Elasticity (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork..
Resiliency :: Resiliency (n.) The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain..
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession..
Irrecoverable :: Irrecoverable (a.) Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury..
Overget :: Overget (v. t.) To get beyond; to get over or recover from.
Debt :: Debt (n.) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
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