Retrieved

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Retrieve \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.
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              With late repentance now they would retrieve
              The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden
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     2. To recall; to bring back.
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              To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
                                                    --Berkeley.
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     3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or
        damadge.
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              Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. --Prior.
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              There is much to be done . . . and much to be
              retrieved.                            --Burke.
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     Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
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