Retrieve

v. t.	1.	To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. - Dryden
	2.	To recall; to bring back. To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. - Berkeley.
	3.	To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. - Prior. There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. - Burke.
v. i.	1.	(Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
n.	1.	A seeking again; a discovery.
	2.	The recovery of game once sprung; - an old sporting term.

Verb	1.	retrieve - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" Synonyms: recover, regain, find
	2.	retrieve - of trained dogs
	3.	retrieve - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" Synonyms: recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, think

(language)

Retrieve - A query language inspired JPLDIS which led to Vulcan and then to dBASE II, developed by Tymshare Corp in the 1960s.

bring, bring back, call for, chase after, cover, deliver, extract, extricate, fetch, fetch and carry, free, get, get back, go after, go and get, go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, liberate, make up, obtain, pay for, pick up, procure, ransom, reactivate, recoup, recruit, recuperate, recycle, redeem, rekindle, release, renew, renovate, reoccupy, repay, replevin, replevy, rescue, restore, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, return, revindicate, revitalize, revive, revivify, run after, save, secure, set free, shag, take back, win back

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