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Recover

Definitions: Recover

Recover

Verb

1. Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly".

2. Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating".

3. Regain a former condition; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90".

4. Make up for or make good.

5. Of materials from waste products.

6. Cover anew; "recover a chair".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "recover" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Recover

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

The activation of the elastic memory principle, usually with heat, to cause a tubing or moulded part to return to its original size. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. To restore a mine or a part of a mine that has been damaged by explosion, fire, water, or other cause to a working condition. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Recover

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

RECOVER

EnglishRed-Cross overall emergency resource management systemN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Recover

Synonyms: convalesce (v), find (v), go back (v), reclaim (v), recoup (v), recuperate (v), regain (v), retrieve (v). (additional references)
Antonym: deteriorate (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Recover

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Acquisition

Get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own.

Health

Return to health; recover; get better; (improve); take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life; recruit; restore to health; cure; (restore); tinker.

Improvement

Advance; (progress); ascend; increase; fructify, ripen, mature; pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn; turn over a new leaf, turn the corner; raise one's head, sow one's wild oats; recover.

Refreshment

Breathe, respire; drink in the ozone; take a break, take a breather, take five, draw breath, take a deep breath, take breath, gather breath, take a long breath, regain breath, recover breath; get better, raise one's head; recover one's strength, regain one's strength, renew one's strength; perk up, get one's second wind.

Restitution

Redeem, recover; (get back); take back again.

Restoration

Verb: return to the original state; recover, rally, revive; come come to, come round, come to oneself; pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again; get well,get round, get the better of, get over, get about; rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave; survive; (outlive); resume, reappear; come to, come to life again; live again, rise again.

Redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve; rescue; (deliver).

Taking

Retake, resume; recover.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Recover

English words defined with "recover": AssumpsitCanceleer, Cape Passero, Cessavit, CosinageEuropefindget back, go backhealin time, irretrievableknackermendOvergetPassero, Passero CapeQuantum valebatRabate, Readept, Reconquer, Recover arms, Recure, regain, remember oneself, Replevin, retrieveTo collect one's self, To come to, To come to one's self, To gather breath, To get over, trespass, trespass de bonis asportatis, trespass on the case, Trojan War, TroverUnmonopolize, Unproselyte, unretrievableWarish, win back, Writ of detinue, Writ of recaption, Writ of right, Writ of tresayle. (references)
Specialty definitions using "recover": Abandon, ACCESS CHARGE, ACETONE-RECOVERY WORKER, ACID EXTRACTOR, acute renal, AIRCRAFT LAUNCH AND RECOVERY TECHNICIAN, airveyor, Anaerobic Digester, Associated recordsBarristers' Gowns, belt flotation, bit stuffing, Black Screen of Death, Blue Screen of DeathCATALYST-RECOVERY OPERATOR, CENTRIFUGE OPERATOR, CHAR-FILTER OPERATOR, CHEMICAL MIXER, chemical operator, claw-back, cleaner operator, COATER, COCOA-BEAN-ROASTER HELPER, combination process, Construction recapture, Coral Beads, Corpse, CRACKING-UNIT OPERATOR, CRYOLITE-RECOVERY OPERATOR, CRYSTALLIZER OPERATOR, customer access line chargeDEEP SUBMERGENCE VEHICLE OPERATOR, demand paging, denitrator operator, Dental Pulp Capping, DESULFURIZER OPERATOR, DRIER OPERATOR IV, Dropsy, DRY-PLACER-MACHINE OPERATOR, dump leaching, DUST COLLECTOR, ORE CRUSHING, DUST-COLLECTOR OPERATOREcological Integrity, elasticity of bulk, Elastomers, electroextraction, electrowinning, Emergency Disaster Loan Programfault heave, field operator, FILTER OPERATOR, FILTER-TANK OPERATOR, finger grip, FISHING-TOOL TECHNICIAN, OIL WELL, Flying, Fruit Seller, Fuel cyclegas desulphurizer, gold millinghorn socketimpression block, in situ gasification, industrial rehabilitation centre, industrial rehabilitation unit, installable file system, ION-EXCHANGE OPERATORLEACHER, lime slaker, LIME-KILN OPERATOR, LIME-SLUDGE KILN OPERATOR, lime-soda sinter process, Lochinvar, lost holemalted-milk masher, Material remains, Mean Time To Recovery, Merrill-Crowe process, multiuser cryptosystem, multi-user cryptosystemNICKEL-PLANT OPERATOR, nonself-restoring insulationoil-well-fishing-tool operator, Ouija, oval socketParkes process, Partner, pencil-core bit, peripheral stem cell transplantation, Plan of Campaign, plastic range, Poison, power-cleaner operator, PRECIPITATE WASHER, public key cryptosystem, PUMPER, HEAD, PYRIDINE OPERATOR, pyridine-recovery operatorRECLAMATION KETTLE TENDER, METAL, RECOVERY OPERATOR, RECOVERY-OPERATOR HELPER. (references)

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Modern Usage: Recover

DomainUsage

Screenplays

A safe place, warm and quiet; a place to rest and recover. When all is said and done, isn't that what we all want a safe place in someone's home, or someone's heart? (The Outer Limits; writing credit: Alan Brennert; Steven Barnes)

Relax, he did not recover. (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner)

You must recover, whatever it takes. (Mdchen in Uniform; writing credit: Friedrich Dammann; Christa Winsloe)

May the Lord smite me with it! And may I never recover! (Fiddler on the Roof; writing credit: Sholom Aleichem; Joseph Stein)

Lyrics

I hope you'll soon recover, ("The Look Of Love"; performing artist: ABC)

I'll never recover takes time to discover a love like no other ("Without Love"; performing artist: Donna Lewis)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Recover

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Meditation to Help You Recover from Alcohol & Other Drugs (The Recovery Series Health Journeys) (reference)

  • Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover It's Moral Vision (reference)

  • The Monitor Chronicles : One Sailor's Account. Today's Campaign to Recover the Civil War Wreck (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Recover

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Recover

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Gummatous lesions due to tertiary syphilis occur many years after initial untreated primary syphilis. The tumors are benign and if properly treated, the gummas will heal and the patient will recover in most cases.Credit: CDC.

This patient presented with tertiary syphilitic gummas of the nose mimicking basal cell carcinoma. The gummatous tumors are benign and if properly treated, will heal and the patient will recover in most cases.Credit: CDC.

Failed Attempt to Recover Liberty Bell 7.Credit: NASA.

Full-crew effort to recover current meter buoy Even the cook was involved Off of WAINRIGHT Photo #2 of sequence.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredge flow into natural marsh. Existing marsh will recover if not buried too deeply.Credit: America's Coastlines.

Preparing to open the bag at the end of the trawl to recover captured fish on MILLER FREEMAN.Credit: Fisheries.

A propagule of Zostera marina. The Alliance for Chesapeake Bay uses volunteers to transplant eelgrass to sites that demonstrate they are suitable transplant sites. SAV transplants are seen as a way to help the Bay recover. During this transplant session approximately 40 volunteers planted for over two days.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

It's the animals you don't see that really helped her recover.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Operating in the Pacific, circa late June 1941. She is turning into the wind to recover aircraft. Note her "natural wood" flight deck stain and dark Measure One camouflage paint scheme. The flight deck was stained blue in July 1941, during camouflage experiments that gave her a unique deck stripe pattern.Credit: NAVY.

Maneuvers to recover planes planes during operations in the Bismarcks-New Guinea area, March 1944. Photographed from USS Santee (CVE-29). Bow of USS Erben (DD-631) is in the foreground. Note details of her forward 5"/38 gun mount and crewmen lounging on her foredeck.Credit: NAVY.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Recover

AuthorQuotation

Edmund Burke

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.

Pearl S. Buck

Men never recover from the ignorance of their mothers.

Samuel Butler

A lawyers dream of heaven; every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Thomas Fuller

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Recover

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

But my son, when able, may seek the relief of the law, which I am denied: he or his son may renew his appeal, till he recover his right. (Second Treatise of Government)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

Suppose a duty on the export of cotton, of tobacco, or of flour; and a suit instituted to recover it. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

All treaties of re-insurance with a person who became an enemy shall be regarded as having been abrogated by the person becoming an enemy, but without prejudice in the case of life or marine risks which had attached before the war to the right to recover payment after the war for sums due in respect of such risks. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Recover

TitleAuthorQuote

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

The Spirit paused a moment, as observing his condition, and giving him time to recover.

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Neil Simon

Your father wants us to go to the store. Eugene: Tell him I'm sick. My stomach hurts. Laurie: You don't want any ice cream? Eugene: (thinks) Ice cream? Wait a minute. (aside) It's amazing how quickly you recover from misery when someone offers you ice cream.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

After this exploit, I walked gently to and fro on the bed, to recover my breath and loss of spirits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Recover

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Doing so may help you recover more quickly. (references)

The injured brain does have some capacity to recover. (references)

With treatment, most people recover from pinched nerve. (references)

Business

They need to recover their investments faster. (references)

Most manufacturing companies directly treat, recover, and recycle their waste. (references)

Singapore and the regional economies began to recover in 1999 with positive growth rates. (references)

Civil Liberties

Turkey

If such minorities can demonstrate a renewed community need, they may apply legally to recover their properties. (references)

Bangladesh

Many Hindus have been unable to recover landholdings lost because of discrimination in the application of the law, especially the Vested Property Act. (references)

Economic History

Tanzania

The road network must recover from 25 years of neglect and decay. (references)

Human Rights

India

His relatives were not permitted to recover the body for burial in Kapipora, according to an NGO. (references)

China

The State Compensation Law provides a legal basis for citizens to recover damages for illegal detentions. (references)

El Salvador

Public confidence in the PDDH appeared to recover following de Carrillo's election--there was an immediate 10-fold increase in complaints submitted. (references)

Political Economy

Nepal

Anti-India riots in December 2000 again shook relations just as they were starting to recover. (references)

Turkey

During the year, the country went through its worst economic crisis in a generation, although by year's end, the economy began to recover. (references)

ROMANIA

The absence of clear and expedient legal recourse to recover claims against debtors has represented a further complication for foreign investors. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

Suppliers of GST-exempted goods cannot recover any of the GST applied on their own expenses. (references)

Sri Lanka

No GST is payable on zero-rated goods and services and suppliers of zero-rated products may be able to recover GST paid on inputs used. (references)

Azerbaijan

As soon as processing has been completed and the goods are re-exported, a draw-back procedure can be initiated to recover the taxes and duty paid. (references)

Worker Rights

Oman

Employees covered under the Labor Law may recover compensation for injury or illness sustained on the job through employer-provided medical insurance. (references)

New Zealand

One of the women sued in New Zealand to recover money that she had paid to traffickers; she claimed that the defendants had advertised the work as catering or agriculture. (references)

Kazakhstan

The Constitution provides for the right to strike, and unions and individual workers exercised their right to strike during the year, primarily to protest the nonpayment of wages and in an attempt to recover back wages owed to workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Recover

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Mike Medavoy

Well, it was kind of surreal, actually. Getting there and walking into a hospital room where Marty was lying, you know, with a bunch of tubes and monitors going, and it looked like he wasn't going to recover.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Recover

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809The emperor Claudius, by an edict, gave freedom to such of them as should recover, and first declared that if any person chose to kill rather than expose them, it should be deemed homicide.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Recover

"Recover" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 92.24% of the time. "Recover" is used about 1,943 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)92.24%1,7924,716
Lexical Verb (base form)6.74%13127,855
Noun (singular)1.03%2078,262
                    Total100.00%1,943N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Recover

Expressions using "recover": recover arms recover damages from smb. recover from recover lost ground recover one's expenses recover one's senses recover one's sight recover one's wind recover oneself recover strength recover tone. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Recover

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

recover

859

recover file

638

recover deleted file

340

recover 4 all

227

recover data

226

password recover

162

hard drive recover

156

nt recover

97

cd recover

69

recover partition

60

disk recover

50

recover lost file

49

recover lost data

48

easy and recover

47

recover hard disk

40

administrator password recover

37

recover deleted

36

recover it all

34

floppy recover

32

aim password recover

29
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Modern Translations: Recover

Language Translations for "recover"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ripushtoj (reman), rimarr (recapture, regain, retake), rigjej (recapture, retrieve), shërohem (be on the mend, cure, do well, get abroad, get around, get better, get round, heal, mend, recuperate, resume one's health), e kthej vetes. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كسب الدعوى, ‏تحسن (advance, ameliorate, amelioration, become soundly established, betterment, change for the better, get better, get well, improve, improvement, mend, pick me up, progress, rally, refinement, reform, speed up, take a turn for the better), ‏عوض عن (compensation, repay, requite), ‏إنتعش (be revived, brisk, come alive, pep up, perk up, pull oneself together, rally, refresh, restart, resuscitate, revive), ‏إنتصب (rear, sit up, stand up, stick, straighten up), ‏إستعاد العافية, ‏إستعاد (bring back, encore, give back, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recuperate, regain, resume, retrieve, scavenge, take), ‏إسترد (call, evict, get back, give back, recall, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recuperate, regain, resume, retake, retrieve, return, take back, withdraw), ‏شفى (cure, fix, get better, get over, get well, heal, mend, pull round, recuperate, restore, set up, skin). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвземам се (breathe, get over, improve, perk, respire), спечелвам дело, регенерирам (reclaim, regenerate, retread), разработвам (amplify, develop, elaborate, exploit, mature, open, operate, run in, shake down, treat, work out), възстановявам (fix up, furbish, get better, give back, make good, mend, re establish, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reedify, re-enact, regenerate, reinstate, renovate, repair, restore, revive, revivify), възвръщам (bring back, rally), откривам (bare, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, espy, expose, find, find out, inaugurate, initiate, lay bare, lay open, lead off, locate, open, pick out, pry out, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, spot, strike, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil), оздравявам (get round, get through, heal, on the mend, recuperate), наваксвам, получавам обезщетение, извличам (derive, distil, drag out, draw, educe, elicit, excerpt, exhaust, extract, milk). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

重獲 (recovery), (asthma, difficulty in breathing), 病' , (convalesce, heal), 恢复 (recovered, recovering, recuperate, Recuperated, Recuperating, recuperation, Restoration, restore, Re-store, restored, Restoring, revert, Reverted, reverting), "復 (recapture), (again, reply to a letter, to duplicate, to repeat). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zotavit se (convalesce, get better, mend, pick up, recreate, recuperate, refresh), vykoupit (ransom, redeem, snatch up), odebrat (resort, take), objevit (detect, discover, find, spot, spring, spy out, unearth), nahradit (compensate, make good, make up for, recompense, redeem, refund, reimburse, repay, replace, retrieve, substitute, supersede, supplant, supply), dostat zpìt. (various references)

   

Danish

  

komme sig. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

helen (cure, heal, remedy), genezen (cure, heal, remedy), beter worden. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

resaniĝi, reakiri. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

دوباره بدست اوردن (Recoup, Regain, Resume, Retrieve), دریافت کردن (Cash, Draw, Receive), بهوش امدن (Recovery, Respire, Revive), بهبودی یافتن (Ameliorate, Convalesce, Gain, Improve, Mend, Pickup, Pullround, Recuperate), بازیافتن (Gain, Regain, Resume, Retrieve). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

palautua. (various references)

   

French

  

recouvrer (regain), récupérer (recoup, recuperate, retrieve), guérir (remedy). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

genêze (cure, heal, remedy). (various references)

   

German

  

genesen (convalesce, convalesced, cure, heal, recuperate, remedy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανακτώ (recapture, regain, repossess, restore, retrieve). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לקבל בחזר" (recoup, regain), ל"תרפא (be cured, be healed, cure oneself), ל"חלים (cause to dream, convalesce, get over, get well, recuperate), ל"חזיר (bring back, get back, give back, put back, recall, repay, restore, return), ל"בריא (convalesce, get better, get over, recuperate), ל"רפא (be cured, be healed). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

visszaszerez (redeem, regain, retrieve, to get back, to make up, to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate, to redeem, to regain, to resume, to retrieve, to win back), visszanyer (get back, recuperate, regain, resume, retrieve, to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate, to regain, to win back), meggyógyul (get well, pull through, recuperate, to get well, to heal, to pull round, to pull through, to recover, to recuperate), kivétel (ablation, exception, excision, exemption, pull out, pulling out, removal, taking out), helyrehoz (build up, readjust, recondition, redo, supply, to piece up, to put right, to recompense, to recondition, to rectify, to recuperate, to redeem, to remedy, to retrieve, to set right, to set up, to straighten up, to true, to true up). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sembuh, mengejar kembali, memulihkan (restore). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ritrovare (discover, feel at ease, find, find oneself, meet, rediscover, retrieval, see one's way), ristabilirsi (convalesce, pull round, recuperate), ristabilire (get well again, re establish, reinstate, restore, right, settle again), riprendere (begin again, blame, catch again, get back, rebuke, recrudesce, regain, renew, reopen, reprehend, reproach, reprove, resume, scold, shoot, start again, tell off), rimettere (consign, defer, deliver, forgive, leave, put again, remit, replace, re-run, restore, return, ruin), ricuperare (get back, make up for, reclaim, recoup, recuperate, recycle, rehabilitate, retrieve, salvage), ricoprire (cover, cover again, cover oneself, encase, fill, hold, lap, lay, overgrow, overlay, overwrite, plaster, plate, re-cover), riavere (get back, get over, have again, retrieve), riacquistare (buy back, regain, repurchase), recuperare (recuperate, regain), guarire (care for, convalesce, cure, get out, heal, recruit, treat). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

リアルタイ 処理 (liaison, Likud, liqueur, liquid, liquor, real politics, real price, real time processing, recall, recital, reclining seat, recommendation, reconstruction, recorder, recovery, recovery shot, recreation, recruit, recruit fashion, recruiter, recurrent, recurrent neural network, recursion, recursive, recycle, recycle shop, recycling, re-engineering, regret, request, research, resize, rickettsia, Ricoh, rig, Rigel Kentaurus, rigorism, rigorist), 反発 (oppose, rebound, repelling). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

リカバー , は"ぱつ (oppose, opposition, rally, rebound, repelling, repulsion). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

재기하십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

slaanaghey (indemnify, integrate; recuperation, integration; sanative, pull through, recovery), geddyn reesht (regain), couyral (better in health, convalesce, improve, recovery), cheet my laue (advance, get better, improve), cheet huggey, aachoodaghey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecoverray

   

Polish

  

wyzdrowieć. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

restaurar (bring through, do up, freshen, furcate, make up, re establish, realign, recondition, reconstruct, redintegrate, repair, reproduce, restore, retrieve, rub up, to clear, to reset, to restore), restabelecer-se (rally, recruit, recuperate), reencontrar, recuperar (reclaim, recuperate, redeem, regain, restore, resume, retrieve), reconquistar (reconquer, resume), reaver (recapture, recuperate, retrieve), readquirir (regain, repurchase, retrieve), fazer vir a si, entrar em convalescença, adquirir novamente (take back). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

recupera (recoup, recruit, retrieve, salvage), recãpãta (recuperate, regain, repossess, resume, retrieve), redobândi (recoup, regain), redresa (re establish, reestablish, right, straighten), reduce (abate, abridge, ax, axe, bear down, bring, cancel out, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, draw in, drop, extenuate, fine down, knock down, knock off, lessen, lower, make good, narrow down, pare down, prune, reduce, retrench, slacken, stint, stop, unbend, weaken), reface (change, do over, do up, re establish, rebuild, recast, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recruit, redress, reform, remake, remodel, repair, restore, retread, retrieve), reintra în, restabili (piece up, re establish, recruit, redintegrate, redress, rehabilitate, reinstate, reintroduce, reseat, reset, resettle, restore, retrieve), reveni la poziţia iniţialã, recâştiga (make up, recuperate, regain, resume, retrieve), tãmãdui (cure, heal, medicine, remedy), se însãnãtoşi (get better, get well), încasa (cash, cash in, catch it, collect, encash, get, get one's gruel, have one's gruel, raise, receive), lecui (cure, heal), câştiga un proces, înzdrãveni, întrema, însãnãtoşi (cleanse, cure, heal, mend), înfiripa (knock off), îndrepta (aim, align, amend, bend, better, cast, chasten, correct, direct, drive, guide, head for, improve, lead, mend, point at, reclaim, redeem, redress, reduce, reform, remedy, right, send, set, shape, steer, straighten, tend, train, unbend). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

восстанавливать (back out, deoxidize, indispose, re establish, reactivate, reassure, rebuild, reclaim, reconstruct, re-create, recuperate, redintegrate, redress, reedify, reenable, re-enable, re-establish, refurbish, regain, reinstate, renew, renovate, revive, undelete, unremove). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vratiti se u prvobitan položaj, ponovo steći (regain), ozdraviti (cure, pull through), oporaviti se (convalesce, get over, rally, recuperate), nadoknaditi (catch up, compensate, make good, make it up, make up, make up for, make up to, recompense, recoup, redeem, reimburse), dobiti natrag. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sanar (cure, heal), recuperar (catch up, get back, hold, light out, make up for, reclaim, recoup, recuperate, regain, retrieve, undelete), recobrar (get back, pick up, recapture, recoup, regain, repossess, retrieve, win back). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tillfriskna (convalesce, mend), repa sig (perk up), krya på sig (pick up health), hämta sig (come round, come to, rally, recuperate). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yerine gelmek, toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, call in, cast up, clear away, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, consolidate, convene, cull, fold down back, furl, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, lay up, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), telafi etmek (condone, make amends, recompense), telâfi etmek (atone, atone for, compensate, make up, make up for, overcompensate, recoup, recuperate, redeem, redress, repair, repay, retrieve, right, undo), kurtulmak (be freed, be recovered from, be rid of, be saved, break away, break loose, break oneself of a habit, defecate, discard, disengage, dispose of, ditch, elude, escape, evade, extricate oneself, free oneself, get away, get clear of, get out of, get rid of, make a bonfire of, make away with, pull through, put off, quit oneself, shake off, smooth away, throw off), kurtarmak (absolve, bail, bail out, bring off, bring through, clean up, clear, deliver, disabuse, disabuse of, disembarrass, disembody, disengage, extricate, free, get smb. out of a jam, help, keep from, liberate, pull through, redeem, relieve, rescue, retrieve, retrieve from, rid, salvage, salve, save, set free, tear away, unfetter, worry smb. out of smth.), kendine gelmek (be oneself again, collect oneself, come to, come to life, come to one's senses, gather oneself together, perk, perk up, pull round, recover oneself, regain consciousness), kılıcı geri çekmek, iyileşmek (ameliorate, amend, be recovered from, cicatrize, come along, come through, come to, convalesce, do better, get better, get well, heal, heal over, heal up, improve, meliorate, mend, perk oneself, perk oneself up, pick up, pull round, pull through, rally, recruit, recuperate, return to health), geri kazanmak, değerlendirmek (appraise, appreciate, comment, commentate, evaluate, form an estimate of, interpret, judge, parlay, peruse, reclaim, recycle, salvage, score, seize on, seize upon, size up), davayı kazanmak (succeed in an action), düzelmek (ameliorate, amend, come along, do better, get better, improve, look up, meliorate, mend, refine, reform, smooth down, straighten), ayılmak (come round, come to, realize the facts, revive, sober down, sober up). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

sagalmak, gutulmak. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відвойовувати, відновлювати (continue, deoxidate, proceed, re establish, reconstruct, renew, repair, restore, retrieve, solder), видужувати (be doing well, convalesce, get better, pull round), надолужувати (overget), повертати собі (redeem). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

mendio (heal, mend), adenill (regain). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-phola. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Recover

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

collecta, collectae, collectam, collecti, collectis, collecto, collectos, collectum, collectus, collegerimus, collegeris, collegerunt, collegi, collegissent, collegisset, collegisti, collegit, colleximus, collexistis, colligam, colligant, colligas, colligat, colligatis, colligatur, colligebant, colligebat, colligendas, colligendi, colligendum, colligens, colligent, colligentem, colligentes, colligentur, colligere, colligerent, colligeret, colligeris, colliges, colligesque, colliget, colligetur, colligimus, colligit, colligite, colligitur, colligo, colligunt, colliguntur, conligare, executio, receperit, recepistis, recepto, receptum, recipere, reciperet, recipiat, recipies, recipiet, recuperare, recupero, redemerant, redemerit, redemi, redemimus, redemisti, redemit, redempta, redemptae, redempti, redempturus, redimam, redimat, redime, redimendi, redimendum, redimendus, redimens, redimentes, redimere, redimeret, redimerunt, redimes, redimet, redimetur, redimi, redimit, redimitur, resipiscant, resumentes, resumpsit, resumpto, revoco. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Recover

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 16, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOfeiV arousin kan qanasimon ti piwsin ou mh autouV blayei epi arrwstouV ceiraV epiqhsousin kai kalwV exousin
Latin405VulgateSerpentes tollent et si mortiferum quid biberint non eos nocebit super aegrotos manus inponent et bene habebunt
Old English990West Saxon& naddren be-nemed. & gyf he deadlicedrenc drinced ne mag he heom derigen.& gyf hye uppen seocen here hande asetteð þe bet heom scel wurðe.
Middle English1395WyclifThei schulen do awei serpentis; and if thei drynke ony venym, it schal not noye hem. Thei schulen sette her hondis on sijk men, and thei schulen wexe hoole.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd shall kyll serpentes. And yf they drinke eny dedly thinge yt shall not hurte the. They shall laye their hondes on ye sicke and they shall recover.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThey shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Victorian English1833WebsterThey shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Basic English1964OgdenThey will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Recover

LanguageMark Chapter 16, Verse 18
Bulgarianзмии ще хващат; а ако изпият нещо смъртоносно, то никак няма да ги повреди; на болни ще възлагат ръце, и те ще оздравяват.
Cebuanomakakupot silag mga bitin, ug kon makainom silag bisan unsa nga makahilo, dili sila mangadaut; ang mga masakiton pagapandongan nila sa ilang mga kamot, ug mangaayo sila."
Chinese手 能 拿 蛇 . 若 喝 了 " 麼 ' 物 、 也 必 不 受 害 . 手 按 病 人 、 病 人 就 必 好 了 。
Croatianzmije uzimati; i popiju li što smrtonosno, ne, neæe im nauditi; na nemoænike æe ruke polagati, i bit æe im dobro."
Danishde skulle tage på Slanger, og dersom de drikke nogen Gift, skal det ikke skade dem; på syge skulle de lægge Hænder, og de skulle helbredes."
DutchSlangen zullen zij opnemen; en al is het, dat zij iets dodelijks zullen drinken, dat zal hun niet schaden; op kranken zullen zij de handen leggen, en zij zullen gezond worden.
Finnishnostavat käsin käärmeitä, ja jos he juovat jotakin kuolettavaa, ei se heitä vahingoita; he panevat kätensä sairasten päälle, ja ne tulevat terveiksi."
Frenchils saisiront des serpents; s`ils boivent quelque breuvage mortel, il ne leur feront point de mal; ils imposeront les mains aux malades, et les malades, seront guéris.
GaelicIs togaidh iad nathraichean; agus ma dh` olas iad ni marbhtach sam bith, cha dean e cron orra; cuiridh iad an lamhan air daoine tinn, agus bithidh iad gu math.
GermanSchlangen vertreiben; und so sie etwas Tödliches trinken, wird's ihnen nicht schaden; auf die Kranken werden sie die Hände legen, so wird es besser mit ihnen werden.
Haitian CreoleYo ta mèt kenbe sèpan, yo ta mèt bwè pwazon, anyen p'ap rive yo. y'a mete men sou tèt moun malad, moun malad yo va geri.
HungarianKígyókat vesznek föl; és ha valami halálost isznak, meg nem árt nékik: betegekre vetik kezeiket, és meggyógyulnak.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalau mereka memegang ular atau minum racun, mereka tidak akan mendapat celaka. Kalau mereka meletakkan tangan ke atas orang-orang yang sakit, orang-orang itu akan sembuh."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamamereka itu akan mengangkat ular, maka jikalau mereka itu minum barang yang membawa mati, tiadalah hal itu akan memberi bahaya kepada mereka itu; maka mereka itu akan meletakkan tangannya ke atas orang sakit, lalu orang itu pun akan sembuh."
Italianprenderanno in mano i serpenti e, se berranno qualche veleno, non recher loro danno, imporranno le mani ai malati e questi guariranno».
Korean뱀 을 집 으 며 무 슨 독 을 마 실 지 라 도 해 를 받 지 아 니 하 며 병 " 사 람 에 게 손 을 얹 은 즉 나 으 리 라' 하 시 " 라
LatvianÈûskas cilâs; un ja kas dzers ko nâvîgu, tas viòam nekaitçs; slimajiem viòi uzliks rokas, un tie kïûs veseli.
MaoriKa tango ake ai ratou i nga nakahi; a ki te inu i tetahi mea whakamate, e kore ratou e ahatia; ka pa o ratou ringa ki nga turoro, a ka ora.
Modern Greekοφεις θελουσι πιανει· και εαν θανασιμον τι πιωσι, δεν θελει βλαψει αυτους· επι αρρωστους θελουσιν επιθεσει τας χειρας, και θελουσιν ιατρευεσθαι.
Norwegiande skal ta slanger i hendene, og om de drikker noget giftig, skal det ikke skade dem; på syke skal de legge sine hender, og de skal bli helbredet.
Portuguesepegarão em serpentes; e se beberem alguma coisa mortífera, não lhes fará dano algum; e porão as mãos sobre os enfermos, e estes serão curados.   
Rumanianvor lua kn mknq werpi; dacq vor bea ceva de moarte, nu -i va vqtqma; kwi vor pune mknile peste bolnavi, wi bolnavii se vor knsqnqtowa.``
Russian'Х"ХФ 'ТБФШ ЪНЕК; Й ЕУМЙ ЮФП УНЕТФПОПУОПЕ ЧЩ ШАФ, ОЕ ПЧТЕ"ЙФ ЙН; ЧПЪМПЦБФ ТХЛЙ ОБ 'ПМШОЩИ, Й ПОЙ 'Х"ХФ Ъ"ПТПЧЩ.
Shuarnapincha achiksha, tseasnasha úmaksha, jaa ajaschartatui. Jaa shuaran ni uwejejai antin, nu shuaran pénker awajsartatui." Tu Tímiayi.
Spanishtomarán serpientes en las manos, y si llegan a beber cosa venenosa, no les dañará. Sobre los enfermos pondrán sus manos, y sanarán."
SwahiliWakishika nyoka au wakinywa kitu chochote chenye sumu, hakitawadhuru. Watawawekea wagonjwa mikono, nao watapona."
Swedishormar skola de taga i händerna, och om de dricka något dödande gift, så skall det alls icke skada dem; på sjuka skola de lägga händerna, och de skola då bliva friska."
Thaiเขาจะจับงูไ"้ ถ้าเขา"ื่มยาพิษอย่างใ" จะไม่เป็นอันตรายแก่เขา และเขาจะวางมือบนคนไข้คนป่วย แล้วคนเหล่านั้นจะหายโรค"
Ukrainianбратимуть змій; а коли смертодійне що вип'ють, не буде їм шкодити; кластимуть руки на хворих, і добре їм буде!
UmaRia-ra to ngkamu ule, ba paia-na nginu rasu, aga uma moto-ra moapa. Mpojama-ra tauna to peda', bona mo'uri' -ra topeda'."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Recover

Derivations

Words beginning with "recover": recoverabilities, recoverability, recoverable, recovered, recoverer, recoverers, recoveries, recovering, recovers, recovery. (additional references)

Words containing "recover": irrecoverable, irrecoverableness, irrecoverablenesses, irrecoverably, unrecoverable, unrecovered. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Recover" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eccovi, recave, receve, recever, Receveur, recoder, recouer, recoved, recower, reculer, recurve, recurvum, Ricoeur. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Recover"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "recover" (pronounced riku"ver)
4-k u" v ercover, discover, rediscover, uncover, undercover.
3-u" v erGlover, hover, lover, Shover.

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Anagrams: Recover

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coverer.

Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-v"

-1 letter: corvee.

-2 letters: corer, cover, crore, rover.

-3 letters: cere, cero, core, cove, ever, over, rove, veer.

-4 letters: cee, cor, ere, err, eve, orc, ore, rec, ree, rev, roc, roe, vee, voe.

-5 letters: er, oe, or, re.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-v"
 

+1 letter: coverers, overcure, recovers, recovery.

 

+2 letters: conserver, converser, converter, coverture, overclear, overcomer, overcured, overcures, overprice, overreach, overreact, reconvert, recovered, recoverer, verrucose.

 

+3 letters: conservers, conversers, converters, corrective, covertures, discoverer, overarched, overarches, overcharge, overclears, overcomers, overdirect, overpriced, overprices, overreacts, reconverts, recoverers, recoveries, recovering, rediscover, undercover.

 

+4 letters: contravener, correctives, correlative, discoverers, irrevocable, overcareful, overcharged, overcharges, overcleared, overconcern, overcorrect, overcrammed, overcropped, overcrowded, overdirects, overprecise, overprocess, overproduce, overprotect, overreached, overreacher, overreaches, overreacted, overservice, overstretch, procreative, reconverted, recove