Category:Retrieve

Re*trieve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] Etym: [oe. retreven, of. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), f. retrouver; pref. re- re- + of. trover To find, f. trouver. See trover.]

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 Re*trieve", v. i. (sport.)

Defn: to discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; As, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh.

Retrieve Re*trieve", n.

1. A seeking again; a discovery. [obs.] B. Jonson.

2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [obs.] Nares.