<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch</li><li>to make up for or make good (loss, damage, etc., to oneself)</li><li>to regain the strength, composure, balance, or the like, of (oneself)</li><li>Law: to obtain by judgment in a court of law, or by legal proceedings: to recover damages for a wrong</li><li>to acquire title to through judicial process: to recover land</li><li>to reclaim from a bad state, practice, etc.</li><li>to regain (a substance) in usable form, as from refuse material or from a waste product or by-product of manufacture; reclaim</li><li>Military: to return (a weapon) to a previously held position in the manual of arms</li><li>Football: to gain or regain possession of (a fumble): They recovered the ball on their own 20-yard line</li></ul>