Definitions
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Word origin
Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).
Used in a sentence
“to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball”
“With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.”
“to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Get something back again”8 letters
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