Recover (band)
WordNet
verb
(1) Get over an illness or shock
"The patient is recuperating"
(2) Regain a former condition after a financial loss
"We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"
"The company managed to recuperate"
(3) Cover anew
"Recover a chair"
(4) Reuse (materials from waste products)
(5) Get or find back; recover the use of
"She regained control of herself"
"She found her voice and replied quickly"
(6) Regain or make up for
"Recuperate one's losses"
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Etymology 1
From and , from .
Verb
- To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).
- After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
- To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).
- At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
- To reach (a place), arrive at.
- We rode hard all night, and recovered the outskirts of the town by first light.
- To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 233-4:
- Cnelius a physician [...] gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 233-4:
- To get better from; to get over.
- To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
- To get better, regain one's health.
- I was hurt, but I knew I'd recover, given time.
- To regain one's composure, balance etc.
- Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle; but recovered quickly before turning to face me.