Word Meanings - READEPT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To regain; to recover.
Related words: (words related to READEPT)
- 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.