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retrieve

(r/I/'tr/i/v )

get or find back; recover the use of(verb.possession)

Synonym:
find, recover, regain

source: wordnet30
go for and bring back(verb.contact)

Example:
Retrieve the car from the parking garage.

source: wordnet30
run after, pick up, and bring to the master(verb.contact)

Example:
Train the dog to retrieve.

source: wordnet30
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, think
Antonym:
blank out, block, draw a blank, forget

source: wordnet30
To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.(verb)

source: webster1913
To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.(verb)

source: webster1913

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