1. Get or find back; recover the use of
   - retrieve, find, regain 
2. Get over an illness or shock
   - recuperate, convalesce 
3. Regain a former condition after a financial loss
   "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"
   - go back, recuperate 
4. Regain or make up for
   - recoup, recuperate 
5. Reuse (materials from waste products)
   - reclaim 
6. Cover anew
   "recover a chair"

Derived forms: recovers, recovering, recovered

See also: recoverer, recovery

Type of: acquire, ameliorate, better, cover, get, improve, meliorate, recycle, regress, reprocess, retrovert, return, reuse, revert, turn back

Encyclopedia: Recover

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