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Traditional English :: retrieve
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retrieve.html - v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a regain possession of. b recover by investigation or effort of memory. 2 a restore to knowledge or recall to mind. b obtain (information stored in a computer etc.). 3 (of a dog) find and bring in (killed or wounded game etc.). 4 (foll. by from) recover or rescue (esp. from a bad state). 5 restore to a flourishing state; revive. 6 repair or set right (a loss or error etc.) (managed to retrieve the situation). --n. retrievable adj. retrieval n. [ME f. OF retroeve- stressed stem of retrover (as RE-, trover find)] |
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Traditional English :: retriever
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retrieve.html - n. 1 a a dog of a breed used for retrieving game. b this breed. 2 a person who retrieves something. |
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Traditional English :: retrial
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retrieve.html - n. a second or further (judicial) trial. |
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Traditional English :: retribution
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retrieve.html - n. requital usu. for evil done; vengeance. retributive adj. retributory adj. [ME f. LL retributio (as RE-, tribuere tribut- assign)] |
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Traditional English :: retrieve
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retrieve.html - v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a regain possession of. b recover by investigation or effort of memory. 2 a restore to knowledge or recall to mind. b obtain (information stored in a computer etc.). 3 (of a dog) find and bring in (killed or wounded game etc.). 4 (foll. by from) recover or rescue (esp. from a bad state). 5 restore to a flourishing state; revive. 6 repair or set right (a loss or error etc.) (managed to retrieve the situation). --n. retrievable adj. retrieval n. [ME f. OF retroeve- stressed stem of retrover (as RE-, trover find)] |
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Traditional English :: retriever
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retrieve.html - n. 1 a a dog of a breed used for retrieving game. b this breed. 2 a person who retrieves something. |
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