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Antonyms for retrieve

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-treev
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtriv


Definition of retrieve

Origin :
  • early 15c., retreve, originally in reference to dogs finding lost game, from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retreuver (Modern French retrouver) "find again, recover, meet again, recognize," from re- "again" (see re-) + trouver "to find," probably from Vulgar Latin *tropare "to compose" (see trove). Altered 16c. to retrive; modern form is from mid-17c.
  • verb get back
Example sentences :
  • His hat floated off and he grudged the slight effort to retrieve it.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Even then it was not too late for Baseek to retrieve the situation.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He was in want of a youth whom he could trust, and who would help him to retrieve his affairs.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Go back to them now and retrieve what you have lost, and see that in the future you are worthier.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • And with that slender capital he intended that night to retrieve his lost fortune.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • He can retrieve rabbits almost as well as he can catch them.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 1, 1916 » by Various
  • For he was not an old man, and hoped yet to retrieve his fortunes.
  • Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
  • He had now to retrieve his fallen honour, and to make amends for his guilt.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • As Parr moved to retrieve these, his companions called out to halt him.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Asteroid » by Manly Wade Wellman
  • Lady Evenswood, with a quick perception, tried to retrieve the observation.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

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