recoveren

Middle English

From Anglo-Norman recoverer, from Latin recuperō, from earlier reciperō; equivalent to re- +‎ coveren (“to recover”).

recoveren

To get back; to recover possession or use of (a faculty, power, territory, member, etc.):
1. To become healthy again; to recuperate from an illness or wound.
2. (rare) To come back from a faint; to regain consciousness or life.
3. (law) To be compensated for damages or have something restored.
4. (rare) To come back from military defeat; to renew oneself.
To aid or assist; to lend a hand or provide assistance to someone:
1. To emotionally revitalise or regenerate; to heal bad feelings or mood.
2. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
3. (rare) To make better or healthier; to heal or cause to recuperate.
To get hold of; to take into one's possession or ownership.
To win; to obtain success, victory, or prosperity.
To stand up or cause to stand up again (after being knocked down)
(rare) To come somewhere; to get to a destination.
(rare) To come back somewhere; to revisit (especially while retreating)
(rare) To do a second time; to cause to recur or reoccur.

Conjugation of recoveren (weak in -ed)

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

“recoveren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-08-07.

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