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 verb 1 : to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
2 : to call to mind again
3 : to get back again : regain
4 a : rescue, salvage b : to return (as a ball or shuttlecock that is difficult to reach) successfully
5 : restore, revive <his writing retrieves the past>
6 : to remedy the evil consequences of : correct
7 : 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