Definitions for recover

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recover re·cov·er

Spelling: [ri-kuhv-er]

IPA: /rɪˈkʌv ər/

Recover is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in recover (ceeorrv).

Definitions for recover

verb (used with object)

1. to get back or regain (something lost or taken away):
2. to make up for or make good (loss, damage, etc., to oneself).
3. to regain the strength, composure, balance, or the like, of (oneself).
4. Law. to obtain by judgment in a court of law, or by legal proceedings: to acquire title to through judicial process:
5. to reclaim from a bad state, practice, etc.
6. to regain (a substance) in usable form, as from refuse material or from a waste product or by-product of manufacture; reclaim.
7. Military. to return (a weapon) to a previously held position in the manual of arms.
8. Football. to gain or regain possession of (a fumble):
9. to cover again or anew.

verb (used without object)

1. to regain health after being sick, wounded, or the like (often followed by from):
2. to regain a former and better state or condition:
3. to regain one's strength, composure, balance, etc.
4. Law. to obtain a favorable judgment in a suit for something.
5. Football. to gain or regain possession of a fumble:
6. to make a recovery in fencing or rowing.

Origin of recover

1300-50; Middle English recoveren Middle French recoverer Latin recuperāre to regain, recuperate

Examples for recover

This slows the rate of all the above processes and increases the chances that someone can recover quickly enough to wake up.

It took decades for comics to recover and emerge as an adult art form.

Women are more likely to recover sooner from birth and less likely to experience post-partum depression.

We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.

She literally had to lie down in between sessions in order to recover her strength.

At first, when he began to recover, he tried to talk to her about it.

She could not recover her ease of mind until she had the certainty that she was still beloved.

It has been our good luck to recover a portion of that history.

In the meantime, the man who had for so far lain insensible, began to recover slowly.

We who were near to Helen have been slow to recover from the shock and the bitterness of her death.