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retrieve

ret·rieve

UK/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/ US/ɹə-/ fairly common

verb

1.

get or find back; recover the use of

  • “She regained control of herself”
  • “She found her voice and replied quickly”
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2.

of trained dogs

3.

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

  • “I can”
  • “;”
  • “t think what her last name was”
  • “can you remember her phone number?”
  • “Do you remember that he once loved you?”
  • “call up memories”
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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”).

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