α. 1500s retrife, 1500s–1600s retriue, 1600s retrive.
β. 1600s retriefe, 1600s– retrieve.
retrieven.
/rᵻˈtriːv/, U.S. /rəˈtriv/, /riˈtriv/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > causing bird to rise > a second time
retrieve1575
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxi. 173 The houndes will in and striue who may first gette in, like Spaniels at retrife of a Partriche.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xliv. 715 The long-winged hawke..gathereth vp againe to her first pitch, and there expecteth the retriue.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. i. 48 in Wks. II We'll haue a flight at Mortgage, Statute, Band, And hard, but we'll bring Wax vnto the retriue.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxvii. 321 A fawkeners manning of a hawke, and trayning her to kill partridges, and to fly at the retriue.
1671 E. Panton Speculum Juventutis 66 The Covey was sprung again and the Hawks let fly, I spurr'd into the retrieve.
1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 70 It vexes me to the heart, to leave all my designs with Doralice unfinish'd; to have flown her so often to a mark, and still to be bob'd at retrieve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > [noun] > recurrence > a recurrence
sitheOE
timec1275
return1585
retrieve1595
reoccurrence1788
monotone1856
re-run1922
replay1957
1595 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas First Day of Worldes Creation 36 The retriue of a lambe, that long hath trod In wailes desert, looslie straide abroad: The child once lost, reduc'de to penitence: Delighteth them as Nectars influence.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 112 They desired nothing so much as a quick retrive of the Spring.
3.
a. The action of getting something back; retrieval; recovery of something; an instance of this. Now somewhat archaic.In quot. 1978: a task involving such a recovery.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun]
restoringa1382
reparellingc1410
reduction1447
rehaving1472
redintegration1501
restoration1510
reintegration1570
resource1596
reducement1604
reinstauration1610
retrievala1643
revindication1643
retrievement1657
retrieve1658
recoveringa1660
reviction1679
retrieving1718
revulsionc1760
rehabilitation1830
the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > back or again
coveringc1230
restaurationa1398
recoverance1398
retrievingc1425
recoverc1430
readeption1471
recuperation1481
recovery1523
retiring1548
repossessing1576
regetting1585
recoverment1591
repossession1592
refetching1624
regainment1642
recooper1652
reattainment1661
reacquisition1719
revendication1760
retrievation1806
retrieve1853
regain1860
1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 286 Thus forwarded, like desperate Insurrectors, they engage beyond Retrive, themselves the first, to proclaim their Discontents.
1678 T. Tenison Of Idolatry ii. 245 A Discourse of the seven Joys of the Virgin; to wit..her Annunciation by the Angel;..the Retrieve of her Son in the Temple.
1701 Expedient Propos'd 23 I have done my part towards a retrieve of our Ecclesiastical Constitution.
1704 M. Henry Friendly Visits in Wks. (1853) I. 276/2 To devise all means possible for..the repair and retrieve of it [sc. friendship] where it is withering and ready to die.
1775 N. Manners Pract. Disc. ii. 52 A precious promise had..mitigated their misery, asswaged their grief, and rendered possible a retrieve of their never to be sufficiently lamented loss.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxii. 170 He had volunteered his services for an expedition of retrieve.
1887 Good Housek. 10 Dec. 57/2 Forgive my hasty speech. No coward's love you proffered me, But my love spoke that unjust blame To urge a right retrieve of name.
1978 A. Welch Bk. of Airsports iii. 48/2 When experienced as a tug pilot, you will probably be given the occasional cross-country retrieve from a field or private airstrip.
1994 J. R. Watson Between Auschwitz & Trad. 12 Our retrieve of the tradition through the abyss will re-make that tradition in our own uneasy image.
b. Chiefly Hunting. The action or an act on the part of a gun dog finding and bringing back an object, esp. as part of a training exercise or in a competition that simulates the retrieval of game; (also) an object so retrieved.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > dog-training > exercise for gun-dogs
retrieve1776
1776 B. Simonds Treat. Field Diversions 135 The Spaniel may be put on the Retrieve as close as You like.
1814 W. Dobson Kunopædia 54 A determined perseverance on your part, for two or three first lessons on this head, will insure to you the most resolute continuance of his part in this important business of working out a retrieve for ever after.
1903 Western Field Aug. 509/1 In twelve minutes Lit had scored one bevy and eleven single points, and a retrieve, down wind, thus beating Count Dick pointless.
1932 L. Sprake Art of Dog Training v. 94 The pupil is taken to the regular training ground, and one or two retrieves of the usual dummy commence the proceedings.
1953 E. Stonex Golden Retriever Handbk. ix. 108 He must bring it right up to you—never let him run round you in circles with his retrieve.
1979 Country Life 26 July 220/1 The gundog area has..a timed retrieve competition (the scurry).
1993 Outdoor Canada Summer 17/2 Water work—swimming and repeated retrieves—is the perfect way to keep your dog in shape without overheating it.
c. Angling. The act, method, or process of reeling or drawing in a line. Cf. retrieve v. 4c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > reeling or drawing in a line
reeling1589
retrieve1894
1894 San Francisco Chron. 24 Mar. 9/2 Pull in the slack with the disengaged hand and hold it in readiness to run out when you see that the forward cast has strength to carry it, and pull it back again on the retrieve if you can.
1910 S. G. Camp Fishing Kits & Equipm. v. 59 See that the spool is narrow so that, when reeling in, the line will build up on the reel rapidly, thus making the retrieve faster.
1972 Field & Stream May 168/2 I began catching fish in 2 to 6 feet of water... I also changed my retrieve.
1986 Trout Fisherman July 31/2 Avoid jerking the line at all costs, and try to keep the retrieve as smooth as possible.
2004 C. J. Farmer Best of Fishing, Hunting, Camping, & Boating in Missouri 24 For most anglers..the delivery and retrieve is made easier and more effective with the use of spinning equipment.
d. Sport. In tennis, badminton, etc.: a shot returned successfully from a difficult position. Cf. retrieve v. 4d.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > types of play or stroke
fault1599
back-hand1657
serving1688
let1819
return1832
ace1840
error1877
rally1879
knock-up1884
drop1900
kill1903
soft kill1910
angle shot1911
retrieve1913
length1924
put-away1932
1913 Boston Globe 23 Aug. 4/4 The play was all that could be expected of the two tennis giants, fast and brilliant, replete with lightning strokes, great retrieves and scintilliating [sic] rallies.
1929 Times 20 July 5/6 Although he again made several almost incredible retrieves, he put the decisive ball out.
1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Sept. d1 For Navratilova's booming overheads, there were Evert's uncannily anticipated retrieves.
1993 Guardian 5 June 22/1 Mainaky also produced the most startling retrieves in the second and third games, several times getting the shuttle back while sitting on the floor.
2007 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 29 Oct. (Sport section) 61 Natalie..once hit Rachael on the bottom gently with the edge of her racket as retribution for winning a rally with three audacious retrieves.
e. Basketball. A recovery of possession of the ball, esp. a rebound (rebound n. 5b).Chiefly in sports journalism and not part of the regular vocabulary of the sport.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball
bata1400
back-swing1577
banding1589
stroke1662
stop1773
swipe1788
hit1810
straik1820
screwing1825
return1833
volleying1837
return stroke1838
volley1851
swiper1853
shot1868
handling1870
screw kick1870
mishit1882
smash1882
misfield1886
fumble1895
run-up1897
mishitting1900
balloon1904
carryback1905
placement1909
tonk1922
trick shot1924
retrieve1952
sizzler1960
undercut1960
shotmaking1969
1952 N.Y. Times 13 Mar. 36/1 Cooper..dominated the rebound play, with twenty-three retrieves.
1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 15 Feb. 3- b/1 Barron is averaging 19.3 points a game and has been getting 11.5 retrieves per contest.
1988 Washington Post 10 Feb. d5/1 Bol began last night as if headed for a similar performance, ending the opening quarter with four points and six retrieves.
1994 Denver Post (Electronic ed.) 27 Jan. Barrows, who helped Patterson bulk up the rebounding in the fourth with five retrieves, iced it with two free throws with four seconds left.
Phrases
beyond (also †past, †without) retrieve: to the extent that recovery or redemption is no longer possible. Cf. retrieval n. Phrases. Now archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy
helpc1000
healinga1225
remedy?c1225
bote of beam1330
recurec1330
recoverera1375
remeida1413
redemption?a1439
botmenta1450
recurementc1450
presidy?a1475
mendsa1525
repair1612
relief1616
booty beam1642
beyond retrieve1658
beyond retrieval1697
1658Beyond retrive [see sense 3a].
1697 G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemblies 81 Grown men and vicious, and incorrigible beyond retrieve.
1700 R. Blackmore Isaiah xl, in Paraphr. Job 273 We're ruin'd, and undone, past all retrieve.
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino iii. 17 He's Damn'd without Retrieve, if he lets go The Reins of Life.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxiii. 173 An invasion in an article so sacred, would ruin me beyond retrieve.
1818 New Monthly Mag. May 323/1 According to this liberal interpretation of the Divine Saviour's charitable admonition, all are damned without retrieve.
1842 R. Browning Soliloquy Spanish Cloister ix Such a flaw in the indenture As he'd miss till, past retrieve, Blasted lay that rose~acacia.
1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 60 In an unguarded hour [he] ruined himself beyond retrieve.
1922 E. Björkman Soul of Child xviii. 185 As a result of this inhibition, all his outdoor playing lacked that complete abandon which is the soul of it. He had been made an indoor child beyond retrieve.
1990 W. Desmond Philos. & its Others 213 We do not see the pearl in hand and, rushing futureward, frenzied with faith in Progress, it spins loose beyond retrieve.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
retrievev.
/rᵻˈtriːv/, U.S. /rəˈtriv/, /riˈtriv/α. late Middle English retreue, late Middle English–1500s retreve, 1600s retreeve.
β. late Middle English–1500s retryue, late Middle English–1600s retriue, 1500s–1700s retrive.
γ. late Middle English 1600s–1700s retreive, 1600s– retrieve.
1. Hunting. Of a dog, or other hunting animal.† a. intransitive. To find or discover game again; esp. to flush out or set up game that has gone to cover. Also figurative. Obsolete.† b. transitive. To find or discover again (game which has disappeared from view); esp. to flush out or set up (game that has gone to cover). Also figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > find and set up game again
retrievea1425
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xiii Þei seche not wele, nor þei retreue [c1425 Vesp. rennen] nought wele, ne þei hunte not longe.
c1450 MS Coll. Arms f. 1, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Retreven Spaynelle retriuyth.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 689/2 It is a goode hounde, for he wyll retreve the best that ever I sawe.
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. G2v The Spannell for the water and the land, That all their Maisters rules doon vnderstand, To couch, to retriue, and to range the field, Of purpose, game to spring, and sporte to yeilde.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xi. 45 What? will her rambling Fits be never past? For ever ranging? never once retrive?
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (transitive)] > discover (game) > find and set up game again
retrievec1425
recover1603
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 18 (MED) Than is it faire to hunt to þe hert..for to serche hure wel an hert..and a faire thyng to retreue [Fr. rechassier] hym.
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 97 To blowe a moote for þe lymer and lat hym sewe til he haue retreuyd hym.
a1475 Dis. Hawk (Harl. 2340) f. 26v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Retreven When þu puttist vp A pertrych, þofe þi hawke A bate, holde fast, & marke it & lat þi spanell retryue it.
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. biv (MED) Whan she hath done any of theys or all, go and retriue moo and she will nym plente.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 5 The whelpe of a Mastife will neuer be taught to retriue the Partridge.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlix. 229 Popes vse Potentates but to retriue their Game.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 154 Yet are these taught by Falconers to retriue & raise Partridges.
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 202 These are dogges (said he) and necessary for Hawking, to finde and retrive my game.
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) iv. 45 These are the generous Spaniels that retrive Imperiall Crownes, and swallow Kings alive.
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxii. clxxx. 336 Their Pris'ner..they tie To that grim Hound which him retriev'd.
1735 Sportsman's Dict. I. at Goshawk When she hath flown a partridge to the mark, she will not away until it be retrieved by the spaniels.
1753 Country Gentleman's Compan. II. 44 When she is gotten to the Height of her Gate lay in your Spaniels, and then retrieving the Partridge underneath her, after the first Flight it is impossible she should escape.
1826 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking 24 If a young hawk does not take the bird in his first flight, and if it cannot be retrieved in a short time after he has put it in (driven it into cover) a live partridge should be thrown to him.
c. intransitive. To find and bring back wounded or dead game. Also occasionally in extended use with a person as subject.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > retrieve
retrieve1814
1814 W. Dobson Kunopædia 80 It is..by a slovenly neglect..that a dog will have an extinguisher put upon his resolution to retrieve.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 36/1 A little rough terrier, expressly broken to retrieve, and kept for this alone.
1880 H. C. St. John Wild Coasts Nipon 312 I used to get a boat-girl to retrieve for me, and very well she did it.
1884 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 24 Dec. 2287/2 Well bred fox terrier,..good worker, and retrieves tenderly.
1903 Recreation Nov. 352/2 As fine a spaniel as ever lived, even if she can not retrieve.
1951 C. R. Acton Dog Ann. 55 Always ‘drop’ the puppy before ordering him to retrieve.
2008 Sporting Shooter Nov. 105/2 Your dog will need to be able to retrieve from across water and from heavy cover, as well as retrieving at distances up to 100 yards.
d. transitive. To find and bring back (killed or wounded game, esp. a game bird).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (transitive)] > retrieve
retrieve1832
to seek dead1850
1832 New Sporting Mag. Oct. 415 He drove every bird and hare out of cover in the pursuit, and after all did not retrieve the wounded one.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 36/1 He..will retrieve any game, from the snipe to the pheasant.
1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 476/2 The late Fürst's favourite retriever retrieving a fox.
1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 420/1 The black dog..looked as if he had retrieved the whole nine.
1948 Pop. Mech. Nov. 122/1 A test in which the dogs flush game as well as retrieve it.
1970 Dog World 6 Nov. 1739/1 Munsterlander setters... A long-haired dog, always black and white, who will point game and retrieve it.
2009 West Briton (Nexis) 4 June 6 He is a gun dog..and he does retrieve birds, so it's..rather soppy to have a bird fall in love with him.
2. † c. transitive. To find or come across (a person or thing that has been lost) again. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To recover (information, etc., esp. of the past) by study or investigation; to restore to current knowledge.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > again
retrieve1567
rediscover1625
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 188v They haling out his hartstrings.., And poring on them, seeke therein Goddes secrets too retryue.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 57 Wherefore doo ye striue With reach of sence, Gods wonders to retriue?
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Rutl. 347 All that I can retrive of her is digested into these following particulars.
1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 2 The following Discourses: Some of which retrieve lost Pieces of Antiquity.
1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 63 They often..explain History, and retrieve us several material parts of Learning.
1720 W. Wall Def. Hist. Infant-baptism xiii. 445 Dr. Hammond..was the first of the Moderns, who retrieved the Sense of this latter Text from the unnatural Glosses of some late Writers.
1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 69 An ancient word..grown so obsolete that the original purport could not be retrieved.
1828 T. Allen Hist. & Antiq. London II. x. 282 The following is a Catalogue of the Recorders of London, as far back as could be retrieved.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 56 No industry has hitherto retrieved so much as a few lines of real Italian till near the end of the twelfth century.
1866 A. Dyce Wks. Shakespeare (ed. 2) Pref. p. x Were the original manuscripts of Shakespeare's work..to turn up, we should have proof that his commentators and critics..had retrieved the genuine readings in a vast number of passages.
1917 Sci. Progr. 11 682 Not only is the past retrieved in fragments; in some museums and exhibitions, and to a certain extent in historical plays, it is actually reconstructed.
1996 B. J. Malina & J. H. Neyrey Portraits Paul 5 In order to retrieve information from the past, we turn largely to the rhetorical writers of the ancient Mediterranean.
b. transitive. To recall or bring back to mind; to recover by an effort of memory.In later use also influenced by sense 2d.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]
i-thenchec897
bethinkOE
mingOE
thinkOE
monelOE
umbethinkc1175
to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275
minc1330
record1340
revert1340
remembera1382
mindc1384
monishc1384
to bring to mindc1390
remenec1390
me meanetha1400
reducec1425
to call to mind1427
gaincall1434
pense1493
remord?1507
revocate1527
revive1531
cite1549
to call back1572
recall1579
to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583
to call to remembrance1583
revoke1586
reverse1590
submonish1591
recover1602
recordate1603
to call up1606
to fetch up1608
reconjure1611
collect1612
remind1615
recollect1631
rememorize1632
retrieve1644
think1671
reconnoitre1729
member1823
reminisce1829
rememorate1835
recomember1852
evoke1856
updraw1879
withcall1901
access1978
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. i. 358 We can not retriue wordes to expresse in what manner we conceiue it.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §18 For according to this, it is impossible for the mind to retrieve any object without mutilation of it.
1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxvii. 186 Suppose [I] wholly lose the memory of some parts of my Life, beyond a possibility of retrieving them.
1779 S. Johnson Cowley in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. Cowley 47 In perusing the works of this race of authours,..something already learned is to be retrieved, or something new is to be examined.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxi. 230 I have now to show you, how these thoughts, retained in memory, may..be again retrieved.
1976 S. Bellow To Jerusalem & Back (1978) 86 Computerlike, he retrieves the names of philanthropists and his secretary writes them down.
1986 J. Elliott Dr Gruber's Daughter (1989) i. 12 To the old man parts of the past were clear and sharp, the rest retrieved only with the greatest difficulty.
2006 D. J. Burns in R. R. Hunt & J. B. Worthen Distinctiveness & Memory 61 Novelty or distinctiveness..can be of great benefit to memory, creating rich memory traces that are easily retrieved.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > again
findOE
recovera1387
refind1499
rediscover1625
retrieve1647
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 51 They consulted, that if they lost one another, how they might be retreeved and found againe.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 33 Ships lost in their road, by means of the sent, retrive their way.
d. transitive. To access (information stored on a computer); to recover (computer data) after deletion or corruption. Also: to recover information in non-electronic form using a filing system.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > retrieve information
to take out?1775
retrieve1957
1957 Analysts Jrnl. 13 51/1 Electronic computers can assimilate, process, evaluate, and retrieve information 100,000 times faster than humans.
1962 Communications ACM 5 12/2 Some kind of indexing scheme that can retrieve records..within a short period of time.
1975 J. B. Harley Ordnance Survey Maps p. xiv In the process of retrieving information the Survey's Librarian..has conjured otherwise elusive papers into my hands.
1986 Personal Computer World Nov. 58/1 (advt.) When you have created your first database applications, the database browser and report generator allows you to retrieve the information quickly and print it to screen, disk or printer.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Nov. c9/1 Until that overwriting occurs, the old data can be retrieved with undelete programs and tools used by data recovery labs.
3. † b. transitive. To cause (something) to return, esp. into or to a former place or state. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To rescue; to redeem; to save from (also †out of) an undesirable place or state.In quot. c1656 intransitive with reflexive meaning: to save oneself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > rescue or reclaim one from a place or state
recover1485
retrieve1568
to get off1577
1568 Bible (Bishops') Judges xii. 2 (margin) Never retrived to the priviledge of a wyfe.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 71 From hel's low region..soules never are retriu'd To talke with friends here.
c1656 E. Waller Of War with Spain 99 All labour now to save their Enemies;..And their young foes Endeav'ring to retrive, With greater hazard than they fought, they dive.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 88 To reclaim and retrieve the World out of this wretched and forlorn state.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit viii. 14 One that had..retriev'd his Family from the Oppression of Old Lewis Baboon.
1744 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 47 Now my poor Soul thou wouldst retrieve, Nor let me wait one Hour.
1824 Herald of Salvation 17 July 77/2 He has sent his son to retrieve us from that destiny.
1864 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 565 It is one thing to bring order out of the confusion of mere inexperience, and quite another to retrieve it from a chaos of elements mutually hostile.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 183 If he has taken a false step he must be able to retrieve himself.
1931 V. Woolf Waves 126 They retrieve me from darkness.
1976 J. M. Erikson et al. Activity, Recovery, Growth i. 5 Those [artists] who..can retrieve us from the platitudes of daily life, delight our senses, [etc.].
1996 P. I. Kaufman Prayer, Despair, & Drama 160 Grace may momentarily let them [sc. the faithful] lapse, but will ultimately and irresistibly retrieve them from sin.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)]
reversea1393
converta1425
undo1426
unmakec1450
recommencea1513
unweave1542
mismake1575
resubstantiate1584
unspin1587
remit1591
retrievea1596
remetamorphose1598
remorphize1603
reconvert1609
unlive1621
unravel1637
relapse1652
to bring about1680
uncoin1833
unpay1842
reset1846
revert1856
unweb1882
a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Hjv Take but your Lute, and..Retriue the sunnes sphere, and restraine the clouds.
1624 P. Massinger Bond-man ii. i. sig. D2 But if retriu'd into his backe again, Would keepe him warmer then a Scarlet wast-coate.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. xciv. 248 Which might our Iron Age to its first Gold retrive.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. v. §2 Till a new blast from the Spirit of God doth..retrieve it into its former heat.
c. transitive. To set aside or free up (time) to do something specified or for a particular purpose. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > save or spare time
redeem1526
steal1526
spare1548
save?1556
behusband?a1639
retrieve1688
1688 Lady R. Russell Lett. (1773) liv. 89 Just after I had retrieved time enough to scribble to you.
1706 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 165 Therefore must beg her excuse till I can retrieve one minute or two of liberty to think again.
1879 A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen I. ix. 322 The time of study which Bunsen could retrieve from the Description of Rome.
1991 Business Life (Brit. Airways) May 65/3 You may be able to retrieve half your time from the chaos of the working day. But it's what you do with it that counts.
4.
a. transitive. To get or bring back from somewhere; to regain possession of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > again or back
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covera1300
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1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Countercuffe sig. Aiij O how my Palfrey..daunced the Goates iumpe, when I ranne the ring round about him to retriue him.
1603 T. Powell Welch Bayte to spare Prouender sig. C4 v I know not vpon what admonition of circumstances, there chancing certaine munition to be carried through the Citty to the Court, and other carriages retriued from thence to the Towre.
1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 70 That part of the Ravelin being thus retrieved was wholly abandoned by the Enemy.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 217 Tho' he had gotten quite down his head and all, yet did retrieve his feete,..with me on his Back.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xlv. 55 A warrant..to search for and retrieve the fugitive.
1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 215 They would be enabled to return and retrieve their treasures at some future day.
1885 R. Bridges Nero iii. ii Would'st thou now Retrieve thy purchase money?
1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 11 He retrieved the copy of the paper from the corner into which his just indignation had caused him to fling it.
1950 R. Moore Candlemas Bay 223 He realized his mother would probably send him back for the dish, so he smooched glumly in to retrieve it.
2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Apr. (Sports section) 2/2 He..used the technique of bouncing the ball high in front of the plate and reaching first base before the fielder could retrieve it.
b. transitive. figurative. With something immaterial (such as a state, quality, practice, etc.) as object.
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1607 B. Jonson Volpone Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 To see..those antique reliques of Barbarisme retriu'd, with all other ridiculous, and exploded follies. View more context for this quotation
1664 K. Philips Poems lxxiv. 235 At once the Thracian Hero lov'd and griev'd, Till he his lost Felicity retriev'd.
1700 F. Atterbury Rights Eng. Convocation 353 Not with any Aim of retrieving lost Rights, or building New Pretensions on Old disus'd Practises.
1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator II. xii. 342 A Moment lost is never to be retrieved.
1827 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 126/1 The barracks should be removed in toto: Westminster might then breathe a purer atmosphere, and retrieve a portion of its lost character.
1884 Rep. Supreme Court Mississippi 61 477 The defendant cannot then appeal and attempt to deny in the circuit court what he has admitted in the justice's court, nor there retrieve advantages, rights, or privileges lost in the justice's court.
1955 S. Wilson Man in Gray Flannel Suit xvi. 132 All seemed part of something precious that was slipping fast, something already gone which never could be retrieved.
1995 Billboard 4 Mar. 50/4 An agreement..that will allow the company to retrieve all rights to the song.
c. transitive. Angling. To reel or bring in (a fishing line). In later use also intransitive. Cf. retrieve n. 3c.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > to reel or bring in a fishing line
pirn1818
retrieve1865
1865 R. B. Roosevelt Superior Fishing vi. 272 No cast shall be valid unless the line be retrieved.
1899 Amer. Angler Dec. 335/1 When retrieving the line..never attempt to cast with the line spooled imperfectly.
1966 K. T. Lilliecrona Salt-water Fish & Fishing in S. Afr. i. 21 All one has to do is cast in this multi-hook trace among the fish, count twenty slowly and then retrieve to find every hook with a pinky on it.
1987 Trout Fisherman Mar. 64/2 Always retrieve right up to the boat, as they'll often follow right in, even on a sunken line.
1988 Sea Angling Q. Summer 44/3 When he reaches the breakers, with you retrieving furiously, he'll probably change course and make off downtide.
2002 Outdoor Life Oct. 26/2 Big-bladed spinnerbaits retrieved at a methodical, steady pace are productive as well.
d. transitive. Sport. In tennis, badminton, etc.: to return (a shot) successfully from a difficult position. Cf. retrieve n. 3d.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > play racket games [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke
retrieve1912
cross-court1915
1912 N.-Y. Tribune 24 July 8/6 She retrieved all of Miss Low's best shots on the run.
1915 J. P. Paret Methods & Players Mod. Lawn Tennis xv. 225 Make another weak return and lose the second stroke as a result of the foolish effort to retrieve an apparently impossible smash.
1956 W. F. Talbert & B. S. Old Game of Doubles in Tennis 156 The drop or stop volley will have the opponents breaking their backs trying to retrieve the ball.
1975 Liberty Spring 51/3 When he retrieved an almost impossible ball, he shrugged his shoulders and dismissed the salvo of applause.
2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Mar. c1 He's known in the squash world for agility, Zenlike focus and feathery drop shots, which seem to die of natural causes before an opponent can retrieve them.
5. † c. transitive. To discharge or pay (a debt). Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To make good, set right (an error, misfortune, deficiency, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)]
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bootc1330
correctc1374
menda1375
recovera1398
dighta1400
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emendc1485
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rectifya1529
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retrieve1625
recruit1673
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splice1803
doctor1829
remediate1837
right-side1847
sort1948
1625 H. Holland Cypres Garland sig. B2 Amongst vs death hath made so dire a slaughter. Them and my Martyn haue I wretch suruiued: But all their deaths, my Soueraigne's hath retriued.
1688 M. Prior Ode Exod. iii. 14 ix Grace's Presence [shall] Nature's Loss retrieve.
1703 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 236 A supply for some years may put your Majesty in condition to retrieve what was not to be hindered.
1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat vii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 269 One false step is ne'er retriev'd.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 166 Describe a Saviour's cross As God's expedient to retrieve his loss. View more context for this quotation
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ii. 362 This disaster the majority of the Council deemed it an easy matter to retrieve.
1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. vii. 263 He endeavoured to retrieve the error he had committed by the most solemn assurances.
1881 H. James Portrait of Lady I. iii. 33 This little thin-lipped, bright-eyed, foreign-looking woman, who retrieved an insignificant appearance by a distinguished manner.
1913 A. C. Ray On Board Beatic vi. 66 Aileen's quick eyes saw him wince and draw back a little, as if from too insistent an advance. Swiftly she retrieved her error.
1994 G. Smith Last Years Monroe Doctr. v. 91 Embarrassed navigators of American foreign policy wondered how and why they had failed and what they might do to retrieve their mistakes.
b. transitive. To make amends or atone for (a sin). Now rare.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)]
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i-bye10..
abyelOE
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a1679 W. Outram 20 Serm. (1682) 385 It is as well to retrieve a sin by true repentance for it.
1843 A. Helps King Henry II iv. vii. 134 We might Do something to retrieve the sin of yesterday, At least what penitence can do.
1882 S. C. J. Ingham Caedmon's Vision & Other Poems 249 Present repentance mayn't retrieve past sin, But there's forgiveness even for the worst.
1914 A. Rives World's-end (ed. 6) xxx. 217 It was too late to retrieve her sin against him, but at least she could expiate it even by death.
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society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)]
quit?c1225
acquita1250
to pay up1434
satisfy1437
discharge1439
defease1480
persolve1548
solve1558
defray1576
affray1584
clear1600
to pay off1607
extinguish1630
to lay downa1640
wipe1668
settle1688
sink1694
retrieve1711
to clear up1726
balance1740
liquidate1755
to clear off1766
square1821
amortize1830
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 109. ⁋5 That Debt lay heavy on our House for one Generation, but it was retrieved by a Gift from that honest Man you see there.
6. † c. intransitive. To recover to a normal state of health, strength, etc.; to recuperate. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To restore (something damaged, in decline, etc.) to a condition of full strength; to revive. Also with into. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > to flourishing condition
recovera1425
recreatec1425
renewc1450
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resuscitate1532
refresh1533
retrieve1652
revirginize1852
revigorate1886
1652 E. Massey Declar. Proc. Massey 6 It would rather become the work of Angels then men, to retrive a real Church amongst so patch'd a people.
1664 T. Philipot Orig. & Growth Spanish Monarchy 134 It is ennobled with an Air so sweet and salubrious, that Diseased people repair thither from distant Countries to retrive their Health.
1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 115 Sharp or acid Cider,..may easily be retriv'd by a small addition of new Spirits.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. xiii. 33 By the help of Iron, we plant Orchards, and retrieve the Youth of decaying Vineyards.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 148 As soon as she saw me retriev'd into a condition of answering her purpose,..she congratulated me on my recovery.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 346 Ye, too, lose Your place, in place: retrieve yourselves in good.
1854 R. Browning Twins vi Would ye retrieve the one? Try and make plump the other!
1861 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilization Eng. II. viii. 542 The spirit of the country was broken, and nothing could retrieve it.
1962 L. Namier Crossroads of Power ii. 7 The seat in the House was to secure for him immunity from arrest by creditors, and next some lucrative appointment to retrieve his financial position.
1996 O. Henry & J. Bailey Razorbacks 281 Retrieving their health and reducing their stress is not something they can achieve instantaneously.
b. transitive. To get or earn back (honour, fortune, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)]
recovera1382
recurea1382
reparela1382
instore1382
store1387
restorec1390
redressc1405
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restauratea1538
redeem1575
instaurate1583
upright1601
upseta1652
reficiate1657
rehabilitate1663
retrieve1665
re-establish1706
re-rail1914
rehab1961
1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara 282 Both of them reflecting on the disguises she had run through to retrive her Honour, very seriously commended her courage and contrivances.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 64 To merit Mercy, and to retrieve his Circumstances by his future Fidelity.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 63 The faithful servants, in whose hands you have left him, are able to retrieve his honour.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 373 The regular army would retrieve the honour which had been lost at Killiecrankie.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. lx. 325 No courage, no patriotism, could now retrieve the fortunes of the field.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 129 Pyrrhus, misled by an oracle, made a last attempt to retrieve the fortunes of Greece.
2007 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 14 Dec. 35 Perhaps it was his penance that he should die never having retrieved his reputation or cleared his precious name.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)]
wholeeOE
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cover1297
amendc1325
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warisha1386
recovera1387
healc1390
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restore1494
refete?a1505
revert1531
to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589
cure1597
recruit1644
to perk upa1656
retrieve1675
to pick up1740
to leave one's bed1742
to sit up and take nourishment1796
to get round1798
to come round1818
to pull through1830
rally1831
to fetch round1870
to mend up1877
to pull round1889
recoup1896
recuperate1897
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > be or become restored [verb (intransitive)]
recruit1646
retrieve1759
redintegrate1788
to lift up one's head1838
recoup1896
regroup1968
1675 E. Cocker Morals 4 Do not always strive, For sometimes to Retreat, is to Retrive.
1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Grove To destroy these [trees], which will require an Age to retrieve.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 459 Towards the time of Decius the character began to lose its roundness and beauty; some time after it retrieved, and subsisted tolerably till the time of Justin.
1775 H. Walpole Lett. (1904) IX. 134 The whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve.
1799 C. T. Smith What is She? ii. i. 19 Some farm-yard beauty, fresh from Marybone, come to retrieve.
1841 A. C. Gooden Let. 7 Feb. in J. Smith & C. Stray Cambridge in 1830s (2003) 196 Our plucked men this year are going to Oxford to retrieve.
Derivatives
reˈtrieved adj.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [adjective] > retrieved
retrieved1638
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [adjective] > reformed
newOE
corrected1557
reformed?1567
reclaimed1592
retrieved1638
reduced1697
new-leaf1899
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Lamentations Ieremiah iii. 7 in Paraphr. Divine Poems Those who thy Beauty, Solyma, deface, My soule like a retrived Partridge chace.
1729 Wightman Pref. to Boston's Fourfold St. 5 Human nature..in its depraved condition, in its retrieved state.
1807 Salmagundi 14 Aug. 271 My fancy echoed to the applauding voices of a retrieved generation.
1965 Science 7 May 767/2 The magnetic-tape files of retrieved citations are used for preparation of print copy by a computer-driven phototypesetter.
2000 M. King Wrestling with Angel x. 161 The most important items in Frame's retrieved luggage were her typewriter, rug, and hotwater bottle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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