recouvrer — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
recouvrer is used for these senses in English:
- reclaim (transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.
- recover (transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
- recover (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
reclaim — full definition
- verb To get something back that was lost, taken, or given up.
- verb To make land usable again, especially by draining water or clearing waste from it.
- verb To recover useful material from waste so it can be reused.
recover — full definition
- verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
- verb To get back something that was lost, stolen, or taken.
- verb To win compensation or a favorable result in a legal case.