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Verb: retrieve  ri'treev
  1. Get or get back; recover the use of
    "She retrieved her voice and replied quickly"
    - recover, find, regain
     
  2. Go for and bring back
    "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
     
  3. Run after, pick up, and bring to the master
    "train the dog to retrieve"
     
  4. Have and bring to mind a memory of something; bring back knowledge from memory
    - remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think

Derived forms: retrieved, retrieves, retrieving

See also: retrieval, retriever

Type of: acquire, bring, convey, fetch, get

Encyclopedia: Retrieve