6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
[Archaic]
The forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we're sure
enough. Shak.
Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.
Hales.
7. (Law)
Defn: To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant. Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready."
Syn.
— To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.
RECOVER
Re*cov"er (r*kv"r), v. i.
1. To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; — often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright. Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2.
2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.] With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. Fuller.
3. (Law)
Defn: To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
RECOVER
Re*cov"er, n.