[re.trieve] vb re.trieved ; re.triev.ing [ME retreven, modif. of MF retrouver to find again, fr. re- + trouver to find, fr. (assumed) VL tropare to find, compose--more at troubadour] vt (15c) 1: to discover and bring in (killed or wounded game)
2: to call to mind again
3: to get back again: regain
4. a: rescue, salvage b: to return (as a ball or shuttlecock that is difficult to reach) successfully
5: restore, revive "his writing ~s the past"
6: to remedy the evil consequences of: correct 7: to get and bring back; esp: to recover (as information) from storage ~ vi: to bring in game "a dog that ~s well"; also: to bring back an object thrown by a person -- re.triev.abil.i.ty n -- re.triev.able adj
[2]retrieve n (1575) 1: retrieval
2: the successful return of a ball that is difficult to reach or control (as in tennis)