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What does recover mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word recover? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).
  2. (transitive) To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
  5. (transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
  6. (transitive, archaic) To get better from; to get over.
  7. (intransitive) To get better, regain one's health.
  8. (intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
  9. (intransitive, law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit.
  10. (transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation.
  11. (transitive, law) To gain by legal process.
Noun
  1. (obsolete) Recovery. [14th-17th c.]
  2. (military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
Verb
  1. To cover again.
  2. (roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
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