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re⋅trieve

  [ri-treev] verb, -trieved, -triev⋅ing, noun
Use retrieve 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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Retrieve

Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover.]

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. --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.

Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.

Retrieve

Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. --Walsh.

Retrieve

Re*trieve"\, n. 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.] --Nares.
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Language Translation for : retrieve
Spanish: recuperar, recobrar,
German: wiederbekommen,
Japanese: 取戻す
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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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Retrieve language
A query language inspired JPLDIS which led to Vulcan and then to dBASE II, developed by Tymshare Corp in the 1960s.
(1998-04-29)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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