recouer

Verb

recover (third-person singular simple present recovers, present participle recovering, simple past and past participle recovered)

1. (transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
   • After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
2. (transitive) To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
   • They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
3. (transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
   • At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
4. (intransitive) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
   • The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
5. (transitive) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
   • to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing

   Synonyms:

   recoup

6. (obsolete, transitive) To reach (a place), arrive at.
   • The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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