Re*trieve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Retrieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find
again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver;
pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver.
See Trover.] 1. To find again; to recover;
to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve
one's character; to retrieve independence.
With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back.
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial
conceits.
Berkeley.
3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to
repair, as a loss or damadge.
Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my
fall.
Prior.
There is much to be done . . . and much to be
retrieved.
Burke.
Syn. -- To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
Re*trieve" (?), v. i. (Sport.)
To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded;
as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
Walsh.
Re*trieve", n. 1. A
seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old
sporting term. [Obs.] Nares.