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recoverable

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re·cov·er  (r-kvr)
v. re·cov·ered, re·cov·er·ing, re·cov·ers
v.tr.
1. To get back; regain.
2. To restore (oneself) to a normal state: He recovered himself after a slip on the ice.
3. To compensate for: She recovered her losses.
4. To procure (usable substances, such as metal) from unusable substances, such as ore or waste.
5. To bring under observation again: "watching the comet since it was first recoveredfirst spotted since its 1910 visit" (Christian Science Monitor).
v.intr.
1. To regain a normal or usual condition, as of health.
2. To receive a favorable judgment in a lawsuit.

[Middle English recoveren, from Old French recoverer, from Latin recuperre; see recuperate.]

re·cover·a·ble adj.
re·cover·er n.
Synonyms: recover, regain, recoup, retrieve
These verbs mean to get back something lost or taken away. Recover is the least specific: The police recovered the stolen car. "In a few days Mr. Barnstaple had recovered strength of body and mind" (H.G. Wells).
Regain suggests success in recovering something that has been taken from one: "hopeful to regain/Thy Love" (John Milton).
To recoup is to get back the equivalent of something lost: earned enough profit to recoup her expenses.
Retrieve pertains to the effortful recovery of something (retrieved the ball) or to the making good of something gone awry: "By a brilliant coup he has retrieved . . . a rather serious loss" (Samuel Butler).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.recoverable - capable of being recovered or regained; "recoverable truth of a past event"
irrecoverable, unrecoverable - incapable of being recovered or regained
Translations
recoverable [rɪˈkʌvərəbl] ADJrecuperable; (at law) → reivindicable
recoverable [rɪˈkʌvərəbəl] adj [costs] → recouvrable
recoverable
adj (Fin) debteintreibbar; losses, damagesersetzbar; depositzurückzahlbar; goodsrückgewinnbar, eintreibbar, wiedererlangbar
recoverable [riˈkʌvərəbl] adj (debt, loss) → ricuperabile
recoverable [riˈkʌvərəbl] adj (debt, loss) → ricuperabile


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She had good reason to believe that some property of her husband in the West Indies, which had been for many years under a sort of sequestration for the payment of its own incumbrances, might be recoverable by proper measures; and this property, though not large, would be enough to make her comparatively rich.
 
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