King James Bible Dictionary

RECOVER, verb transitive [Latin recupero; re and capio, to take.]

1. To regain; to get or obtain that which was lost; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover a town or territory which an enemy had taken; to recover sight or senses; to recover health or strength after sickness.

David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1 Samuel 30:8.

2. To restore from sickness; as, to recover one from leprosy. 2 Kings 5:3.

3. To revive from apparent death; as, to recover a drowned man.

4. To regain by reparation; to repair the loss of, or to repair an injury done by neglect; as, to recover lost time.

Good men have lapses and failings to lament and recover

5. To regain a former state by liberation from capture or possession.

That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil. 2 Timothy 2:26.

6. To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and cost in a suit at law.

7. To reach; to come to.

The forest is not three leagues off; if we recover that, we're sure enough.

8. To obtain title to by judgment in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery.

RECOVER, verb intransitive

1. To regain health after sickness; to grow well; followed by of or from.

Go, inquire of Beelzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings 1:2.

2. To regain a former state or condition after misfortune; as, to recover from a state of poverty or depression.

3. To obtain a judgment in law; to succeed in a lawsuit. The plaintiff has recovered in his suit.

RECOVERABLE, adjective

1. That may be regained or recovered. Goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable

2. That may be restored from sickness.

3. That may be brought back to a former condition.

A prodigal course is like the sun's, but not like his recoverable

4. That may be obtained from a debtor or possessor. The debt is recoverable

RECOVERED, participle passive Regained; restored obtained by judicial decision.

RECOVEREE', noun In law, the tenant or person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.

RECOVERING, participle present tense Regaining; obtaining in return or by judgment in law; regaining health.

RECOVEROR, noun In law, the demandant or person who obtains a judgment in his favor in common recovery.

RECOVERY, noun

1. The act of regaining, retaking or obtaining possession of anything lost. The crusades were intended for the recovery of the holy land from the Saracens. We offer a reward for the recovery of stolen goods.

2. Restoration from sickness or apparent death. The patient has a slow recovery from a fever. recovery from a pulmonary affection is seldom to be expected. Directions are given for the recovery of drowned persons.

3. The capacity of being restored to health. The patient is past recovery

4. The obtaining of right to something by a verdict and judgment of court from an opposing party in a suit; as the recovery of debt, damages and costs by a plaintiff; the recovery of cost by a defendant; the recovery of land in ejectment.

Common recovery in law, is a species of assurance by matter of record, or a suit or action, actual or fictitious, by which lands are recovered against the tenant of the freehold; which recovery binds all persons, and vests an absolute fee simple in the recoveror.