recoveren
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- rekever, rekevere, rekevery, rekeveren, recovri, recover, recovere, rekovere, recuver, recuvre, recuvery, rekivere, rekiveren, rekyveren
Etymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman recoverer, from Latin recuperō, from earlier reciperō; equivalent to re- + coveren (“to recover”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrecoveren
- To get back; to recover possession or use of (a faculty, power, territory, member, etc.):
- To become healthy again; to recuperate from an illness or wound.
- (rare) To come back from a faint; to regain consciousness or life.
- (law) To be compensated for damages or have something restored.
- (rare) To come back from military defeat; to renew oneself.
- To aid or assist; to lend a hand or provide assistance to someone:
- To emotionally revitalise or regenerate; to heal bad feelings or mood.
- To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
- (rare) To make better or healthier; to heal or cause to recuperate.
- To get hold of; to take into one's possession or ownership.
- To win; to obtain success, victory, or prosperity.
- To stand up or cause to stand up again (after being knocked down)
- (rare) To come somewhere; to get to a destination.
- (rare) To come back somewhere; to revisit (especially while retreating)
- (rare) To do a second time; to cause to recur or reoccur.
Conjugation
editConjugation of recoveren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- English: recover
References
edit- “recoveren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-08-07.
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