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recovre

recovre is the obsolete form of recovery.

recovre is the obsolete form of recover.

Meaning of recovery

Noun

recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)

  1. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
    1. (colloquial) A clever verbal solution to an embarrassing verbal mistake.
      • When I realized I'd called my teacher "Mom" again, I made a quick recovery saying that she loves me so much that she reminds me of my mother.
  2. A return to normal health.
    • I hope you make a full recovery.
  3. The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
  4. The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
  5. Renewed growth after a slump.
    • Byford said: "There is no UK recovery from the pandemic without a London recovery, and there is no London recovery without a properly funded transport network.2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8

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Meaning of recover

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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Forms of recovre

Noun
pluralrecovres
Verb
third-person singular presentrecovres
present participlerecovring
past participlerecovred
pastrecovred

Questions about recovre

What is recovre the obsolete form of?
Recovre is the obsolete form of recovery.

Words near recovre in the dictionary

  1. recovery times
  2. recovery truck
  3. recovery trucks
  4. recovery vehicle
  5. recovery vehicles
  6. recovre
  7. recovred
  8. recovres
  9. recovring
  10. recower
  11. recowered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recovre (page history and authors); recovery (page history and authors); recover (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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