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
- 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
Synonyms for retrieve
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