Main Entry:

¹re·trieve

Pronunciation:

\ri-ˈtrēv\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

re·trieved; re·triev·ing

Etymology:

Middle English retreven, from Anglo-French retrueve-, present stem of retrover to find again, from re- + trover to compose, invent, find, from Vulgar Latin *tropare — more at troubadour

Date:

15th century

transitive verb1: to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)2: to call to mind again3: to get back again : regain4 a: rescue, salvage b: to return (as a ball or shuttlecock that is difficult to reach) successfully5: restore, revive <his writing retrieves the past>6: to remedy the evil consequences of : correct7: to get and bring back ; especially : to recover (as information) from storageintransitive verb: to bring in game <a dog that retrieves well> ; also : to bring back an object thrown by a person

— re·triev·abil·i·ty \-ˌtrē-və-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— re·triev·able \-ˈtrē-və-bəl\ adjective