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Retrieve

//ɹɪˈtɹiːv// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A retrieval.

    "Secondly, the number of retrieves given in any one session is restricted according to the dog's level of interest. If he is not madly keen he has perhaps two or three retrieves in a session, and on some days he will have none at all."

  2. 2
    The return of a difficult ball.
  3. 3
    A seeking again; a discovery. obsolete
  4. 4
    The recovery of game once sprung. obsolete

    "we'll bring Wax to the retrieve"

Verb
  1. 1
    To regain or get back something. transitive

    "to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball"

  2. 2
    recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection wordnet
  3. 3
    To rescue (a creature). transitive
  4. 4
    run after, pick up, and bring to the master wordnet
  5. 5
    To salvage something transitive
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  1. 6
    go for and bring back wordnet
  2. 7
    To remedy or rectify something. transitive
  3. 8
    get or find back; recover the use of wordnet
  4. 9
    To remember or recall something. transitive
  5. 10
    To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record. transitive

    "to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits"

  6. 11
    To fetch and bring in game. transitive

    "The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved."

  7. 12
    To fetch and bring in game systematically. intransitive

    "Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving."

  8. 13
    To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game. intransitive

    "Most dogs love retrieving, regardless of what object is thrown."

  9. 14
    To make a difficult but successful return of the ball. transitive
  10. 15
    To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage). obsolete

    "Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).

Etymology 2

Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).

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