recover

noun

(military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.

(dated) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).

(obsolete) Recovery.

verb

(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).

(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

(intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.

(transitive) To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).

(transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.

(intransitive, law) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.

(roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

To cover again.

(transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.

(transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.

(transitive, archaic, without "from") To recover from.

(transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.

Roots

rere- · Latin · back recupero-cover · Latin · recover, regain

Synonyms for recover

recuperatev regainv recoupv reclaimv convalescev retrievev restorev recapturev healv revivev

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The word recover breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -cover, from Latin recupero (“recover, regain”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.