Retrieve
1retrieve — re‧trieve [rɪˈtriːv] verb [transitive] 1. COMPUTING to get back information that has been stored in a computer: • The application stores and retrieves data according to the user s requirements. • To retrieve a file, double click on it using the …
2Retrieve — 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… …
3retrieve — [ri trēv′] vt. retrieved, retrieving [ME retreven < inflected stem of OFr retrouver < re , again + trouver, to find: see TROVER] 1. to get back; recover 2. to restore; revive [to retrieve one s spirits] 3. to rescue or save 4 …
4Retrieve — 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. [1913 Webster] …
5Retrieve — Re*trieve , n. 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. The recovery of game once sprung; an old sporting term. [Obs.] Nares. [1913 Webster] …
6retrieve — index collect (recover money), reap, reclaim, recoup (regain), recover, redeem (repurchase), remedy …
7Retrieve — [engl.], abrufen …
8retrieve — (v.) early 15c., retreve, from M.Fr. retruev , stem of O.Fr. retrouver find again, from re again (see RE (Cf. re )) + trouver to find, probably from V.L. *tropare to compose (see TROVE (Cf. trove)). Altered 16c …
9retrieve — *recover, regain, recoup, recruit Analogous words: amend, remedy, redress, reform (see CORRECT vb): repair, *mend, rebuild Antonyms: lose …
10retrieve — is spelt ie , not ei …