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▪ I. recoverer1|rɪˈkʌvərə(r)|
Also 4 rekyuerer.
[f. recover v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who recovers, regains, restores, etc.
1388Wyclif Ecclus. xiii. 26 Many rekyuereris [L. recuperatores] ben to a riche man disseyued. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Recobrador, a recouerer. 1638Mayne Lucian (1664) 117 Will you permit him..to take Revenge of his Recoverer? 1651Davenant Gondibert ii. v. ix, Here all Men seem Recov'rers of time past. 1789J. Brown Sel. Rem. (1807) 244 A regainer of paradise and a recoverer of the tree of life. 1884Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 135 Our recoverer and upholder of customs hath in this crowning of young Henry by York and London..violated the immemorial usage of the Church. 1978A. Pratt Directory of Waste Disposal & Recovery 107 This list does not cover in great depth the more traditional areas of recovery—metals, paper, textiles etc. In these fields there are many recoverers and merchants.
†2. Law. = recoveror. Obs.
1515Act 7 Hen. VIII, c. 4 The recoverers in all suche recoveries..may from hensforth dystreyn for the forseid rentes. 1594West 2nd Pt. Symbol. §136 The demaundant is he that bringeth the Writ of Entre, and may be termed the Recouerer. a1625Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 475 The recouerer and the Recognisee shall haue a Scire facias. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. 359 Which lands are now absolutely vested in the said recoverer by judgment of law.
▪ II. † recoverer2 Obs.
Forms: 4–5 recouerer, -co(u)verer(e, -cuuerer(e, -courere; recoverir(e.
[a. AF. recoverer and recoverir (OF. recovrer, -couvrier, etc.): see recover v.1 and -er4.]
1. Recovery, remedy, etc. (Cf. recoverance.)
Common in 14th c.; in Hampole the ending is shown by rimes to be -ere, in Gower always ir(e.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 6095 Þai sal þat day for ever be tynt Fra God, with-outen any recoverere. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2471 Ac wan þai seȝe þat of þat þyng recuuerer non þar nas, þay lefte þanne hure mornyng. 1390Gower Conf. II. 335 Pallas schop recoverir After the will and the desir Of hire. c1450Merlin 185 By that Castell..hadde the saisnes all her recouerer and all her socour of the contrey.
2. Law. = recovery 4.
1436Rolls of Parlt. IV. 501/2 Plee personell, wherof ye Jugement of recoverer extendeth to the somme of xl li. 1477Ibid. VI. 181/2 The same Recorde of the same Recoverer..thenne and their toke..and hadde aweye. |