v. t. | 1. | To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; |
2. | To recall; to bring back. | |
3. | To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. | |
v. i. | 1. | (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; |
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" |
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" |
(language) | Retrieve - A query language inspired JPLDIS which led to Vulcan and then to dBASE II, developed by Tymshare Corp in the 1960s. |