Word Meanings - READEPT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To regain; to recover.

RECOVERANCE
Recovery.
RECOVERABLE
Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.
RECOVERY
The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court. 4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. "Help be past recovery." Tusser. 5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position
RECOVEREE
The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
REGAIN
To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again. Syn. -- To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.
RECOVERER
One who recovers.
RECOVER
To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
RECOVEROR
The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.
IRRECOVERABLE
Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.