verb (recovered; recovering) see: heave
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to get back ; regain,
2. to bring back to normal position or condition , rescue ,
3. to make up for , to gain by legal process, reach , to find or identify again ,
6. to obtain from an ore, a waste product, or a by-product, to save from loss and restore to usefulness ; reclaim , intransitive verb to regain a normal position or condition (as of health) , to obtain a final legal judgment in one's favor, recoverability noun recoverable adjective recoverer noun