Retrieve /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving

1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

   With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.

2. To recall; to bring back.

   To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.

3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.

   Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.

   There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved.

1. To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. (Sport.)

1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.]
2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.]