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repay
English
Etymology
From Old French repaier (“to pay back”) (compare French repayer (“to pay again”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?pe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Verb
repay (third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repaid)
- To pay back.
Translations
Anagrams
- Payer, Peary, apery, payer, peary, praye, rapey
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recover
English
Alternative forms
- recovre (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuper?, recuper?re, a late form of reciper?. Doublet of recuperate.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k?v?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k?v?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(?)
Verb
recover (third-person singular simple present recovers, present participle recovering, simple past and past participle recovered)
- (transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
- (transitive) to salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)
- (transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
- (intransitive, law) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
- The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
- (transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process
- to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing
- to recover land(s) in ejectment or common recovery
- (transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch.
- 1646, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
- Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- (transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
- , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233-4:
- Cnelius a physician […] gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.
- , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233-4:
- (transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
- to recover lost time
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- Even good men have […] many failings and lapses to lament and recover.
- 21 May, 1665, Abraham Cowley, letter to Dr. Thomas Sprat
- I do hope to recover my late hurt.
- when I had recovered a little, Friday (said I) God will at last punish him severely
- (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity
- (transitive, archaic, without "from") to recover from
- (intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
Related terms
- recovery
Translations
Noun
recover (plural recovers)
- (obsolete) Recovery. [14th-17thc.]
- (military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
- (dated) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery)
Etymology 2
re- +? cover.
Alternative forms
- re-cover
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i??k?v?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?i?k?v?/
Verb
recover (third-person singular simple present recovers, present participle recovering, simple past and past participle recovered)
- To cover again.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
- (roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
Anagrams
- coverer, recovre
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman recovre.
Noun
recover
- Alternative form of recovere
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman recoverer.
Verb
recover
- Alternative form of recoveren
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