noun a seeking again; a discovery.
2. retrieve ·vt to recall; to bring back.
3. retrieve ·noun the recovery of game once sprung;
an old sporting term.
4. retrieve ·vt to remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
5. retrieve ·vi to discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
6. retrieve ·vt to find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.