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re•trieve

Pronunciation: (ri-trēv'), [key]
—v., -trieved, -triev•ing,
—n.

—v.t.
1. to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
2. to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one's fortunes.
3. to make amends for: to retrieve an error.
4. to make good; repair: to retrieve a loss.
5. Hunting.(of hunting dogs) to fetch (killed or wounded game).
6. to draw back or reel in (a fishing line).
7. to rescue; save.
8. (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) to make an in-bounds return of (a shot requiring running with the hand extended).
9. Computers.to locate and read (data) from storage, as for display on a monitor.

—v.i.
1. Hunting.to retrieve game.
2. to retrieve a fishing line.

—n.
1. an act of retrieving; recovery.
2. the possibility of recovery.

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