Definitions for the word, recover

(n.) Recovery.

(v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.

(v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.

(v. i.) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.

(v. t.) To cover again.

(v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.

(v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.

(v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.

(v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.

(v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.

(v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.

(v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.


32 words found in the Scrabble word, recover



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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