To Recover: I was praying for a friend of a friends request for recovery from bankruptcy when I started to realize just how powerful this word is to me right now... In reality, our God IS our Recoverer! He finds us right where we are, at a loss, needing strength of body, mind, spirit, or perhaps return of financial strength, and in He comes! Our Sovereign Recoverer!!! re·cov·er (r-kvr) v. re·cov·ered, re·cov·er·ing, re·cov·ers v.tr. 1. To get back; regain. 2. To restore (oneself) to a normal state: He recovered himself after a slip on the ice. 3. To compensate for: She recovered her losses. 4. To procure (usable substances, such as metal) from unusable substances, such as ore or waste. 5. To bring under observation again: watching the comet since it was first recoveredfirst spotted since its 1910 visit (Christian Science Monitor). v.intr. 1. To regain a normal or usual condition, as of health. 2. To receive a favorable judgment in a lawsuit. [Middle English recoveren, from Old French recoverer, from Latin recuperre; see recuperate.] re·cover·a·ble adj. re·cover·er n. Synonyms: recover, regain, recoup, retrieve These verbs mean to get back something lost or taken away. Recover is the least specific: The police recovered the stolen car. In a few days Mr. Barnstaple had recovered strength of body and mind (H.G. Wells). Regain suggests success in recovering something that has been taken from one: hopeful to regain/Thy Love (John Milton). To recoup is to get back the equivalent of something lost: earned enough profit to recoup her expenses. Retrieve pertains to the effortful recovery of something (retrieved the ball) or to the making good of something gone awry: By a brilliant coup he has retrieved . . . a rather serious loss (Samuel Butler). re·cov·er (r-kvr) v. re·cov·ered, re·cov·er·ing, re·cov·ers v.tr. 1. To get back; regain. 2. To restore (oneself) to a normal state: He recovered himself after a slip on the ice. 3. To compensate for: She recovered her losses. 4. To procure (usable substances, such as metal) from unusable substances, such as ore or waste. 5. To bring under observation again: watching the comet since it was first recoveredfirst spotted since its 1910 visit (Christian Science Monitor). v.intr. 1. To regain a normal or usual condition, as of health. 2. To receive a favorable judgment in a lawsuit. [Middle English recoveren, from Old French recoverer, from Latin recuperre; see recuperate.] re·cover·a·ble adj. re·cover·er n. Synonyms: recover, regain, recoup, retrieve These verbs mean to get back something lost or taken away. Recover is the least specific: The police recovered the stolen car. In a few days Mr. Barnstaple had recovered strength of body and mind (H.G. Wells). Regain suggests success in recovering something that has been taken from one: hopeful to regain/Thy Love (John Milton). To recoup is to get back the equivalent of something lost: earned enough profit to recoup her expenses. Retrieve pertains to the effortful recovery of something (retrieved the ball) or to the making good of something gone awry: By a brilliant coup he has retrieved . . . a rather serious loss (Samuel Butler).
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