verb
- Get or find back; recover the use of.
- usage: "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
- Get over an illness or shock.
- usage: "The patient is recuperating"
- synonyms: recuperate, convalesce
- Regain a former condition after a financial loss.
- usage: "We expect the stocks to recover to $2. 90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
- synonyms: go back, recuperate
- Regain or make up for.
- usage: "recuperate one's losses"
- synonyms: recoup, recuperate
- Reuse (materials from waste products.
- synonyms: reclaim
- Cover anew.
- usage: "recover a chair"
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