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retrievability

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re⋅trieve

  [ri-treev] verb, -trieved, -triev⋅ing, noun
Use retrievability in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
2. to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one's fortunes.
3. to make amends for: to retrieve an error.
4. to make good; repair: to retrieve a loss.
5. Hunting. (of hunting dogs) to fetch (killed or wounded game).
6. to draw back or reel in (a fishing line).
7. to rescue; save.
8. (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) to make an in-bounds return of (a shot requiring running with the hand extended).
9. Computers. to locate and read (data) from storage, as for display on a monitor.
–verb (used without object)
10. Hunting. to retrieve game.
11. to retrieve a fishing line.
–noun
12. an act of retrieving; recovery.
13. the possibility of recovery.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME retreven < MF retroev-, retreuv-, tonic s. of retrouver to find again, equiv. to re- re- + trouver to find; see trover

Related forms:
re⋅triev⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅triev⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. See recover.
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re·trieve   (rĭ-trēv')   
v.   re·trieved, re·triev·ing, re·trieves

v.   tr.

  1. To get back; regain.

    1. To rescue or save.

    2. Sports To make a difficult but successful return of (a ball or shuttlecock, as in tennis or badminton).

  3. To bring back again; revive or restore.

  4. To rectify the unfavorable consequences of; remedy. See Synonyms at recover.

  5. To recall to mind; remember.

  6. To find and carry back; fetch.

v.   intr.
To find and bring back game: a dog trained to retrieve.
n.  

  1. The act of retrieving; retrieval.

  2. Sports A difficult but successful return of a ball or shuttlecock.


[Middle English retreven, from Old French retrover, retruev- : re-, re- + trover, to find; see trover.]
re·triev'a·bil'i·ty n., re·triev'a·ble adj., re·triev'a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

retrieve 
c.1410, retreve, from M.Fr. retruev-, stem of O.Fr. retrouver "find again," from re- "again" + trouver "to find," probably from V.L. *tropare "to compose" (see trove). Altered 16c. to retrive; modern form is from c.1650. Retriever "dog used for retrieving game" first recorded 1486.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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