v. t. [ Pref. re- + cover: cf. F. recouvrir. ] To cover again. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Recovered p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ] [ OE. recoveren, OF. recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re- re + a word of unknown origin. Cf.Recuperate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. [ 1913 Webster ]

David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1. Sam. xxx. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. “Loss of catel may recovered be.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wine in my bottle will recover him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do hope to recover my late hurt. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I had recovered a little my first surprise. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To rescue; to deliver. [ 1913 Webster ]

That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. 2. Tim. ii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The forest is not three leagues off;
If we recover that, we're sure enough. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of “aim” to that of “ready.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Recovery. Sir T. Malory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. recouvrable. ] Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prodigal course
Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I am recoverable, why am I thus? Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Law) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who recovers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. [ Obs. ] “Help be past recovery.” Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. (Fencing, Sparring, etc.) Act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. Burrill. Warren. [ 1913 Webster ]