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A proverbial phrase.

One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.

To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.

In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.

To cover again. Sir W. Scott.

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. A prodigal course Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. S…

Recovery. [Obs.]

The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.

One who recovers.

The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.

The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

To discover again.

A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon.

One who, or that which, reproves.

ckward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

To turn back.

In a state of retroversion.

Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships. Holland.

the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.