RETRIEVE

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

To recall; to bring back. To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley.

3.
v.

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.

4.
v.

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

5.
n.

A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

6.
n.

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

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