Verb

(retriev)

To regain or get back something.

to retrieve''' one's character or independence; to '''retrieve a thrown ball

* Dryden

With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.

To rescue (a) creature(s)

To salvage something

To remedy or rectify something.

To remember or recall something.

To fetch or carry back something.

* Berkeley

to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits

To fetch and bring in game.

The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved .

To fetch and bring in game systematically.

Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving .

To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.

Most dogs love retrieving , regardless of what object is thrown.

(sports) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.

(obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).

* Prior

Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.

* Burke

There is much to be done and much to be retrieved .

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete, or, regional)

*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Frederic Moorman, title=More Tales of the Ridings, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="'Twere back-end o' t' yeer," he continued at last, "an' t' lads had gone into t' woods to gether hesel-nuts an' accorns. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1898, author=John Hartley, title=Yorkshire Lyrics, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=An a taicher wise aw've faand thi, An this lesson gained throo thee; 'At when dangers gether raand me, Th' wisest tactics is to flee. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1881, author=Sarah P. McLean Greene, title=Cape Cod Folks, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=I remember once, we'd had a spell o' weather jest like this, and it begun to gether up in the same way. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1872, author=Edward Eggleston, title=The End Of The World, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=But the silence was broken by Cynthy Ann, who came into the hall and called, "Jule, I wish you would go to the barn and gether the eggs; I want to make some cake." }}