Retrieve
Retrieve , transitive verb
[Old English retreven, Old French retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), French retrouver; pref. re- re- + Old French trover to find, French trouver. See Trover.]
1.
To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.
With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
2.
To recall; to bring back.
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
3.
To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.
There is much to be done... and much to be retrieved.
Retrieve , intransitive verb
(Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. — Walsh
Retrieve , noun
1.
A seeking again; a discovery. [Obsolete] — B. Jonson
2.
The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obsolete] — Nares