recoveren

recoveren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rekever, rekevere, rekevery, rekeveren, recovri, recover, recovere, rekovere, recuver, recuvre, recuvery, rekivere, rekiveren, rekyveren

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman recoverer, from Latin recuperō, from earlier reciperō; equivalent to re- +‎ coveren (“to recover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈkuv(ə)rən/, /rɛˈkɔv(ə)rən/, /rɛˈkɛv(ə)rən/

Verb

recoveren

1. To get back; to recover possession or use of (a faculty, power, territory, member, etc.):
   1. To become healthy again; to recuperate from an illness or wound.
   2. (rare) To come back from a faint; to regain consciousness or life.
   3. (law) To be compensated for damages or have something restored.
   4. (rare) To come back from military defeat; to renew oneself.
2. To aid or assist; to lend a hand or provide assistance to someone:
   1. To emotionally revitalise or regenerate; to heal bad feelings or mood.
   2. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
   3. (rare) To make better or healthier; to heal or cause to recuperate.
3. To get hold of; to take into one's possession or ownership.
4. To win; to obtain success, victory, or prosperity.
5. To stand up or cause to stand up again (after being knocked down)
6. (rare) To come somewhere; to get to a destination.
7. (rare) To come back somewhere; to revisit (especially while retreating)
8. (rare) To do a second time; to cause to recur or reoccur.

Conjugation

Conjugation of recoveren (weak)

infinitive	(to) recoveren
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	recovere	recoverede
2nd person singular	recoverest	recoveredest
3rd person singular	recovereþ, recovereth	recoverede
plural	recoveren	recovereden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	recovere	recoverede
plural	recoveren	recovereden
imperative	present
singular	recovere
plural	recovereþ, recovereth
participle	present	past
	recoverende, recoveringe	recovered, yrecovered

Related terms

• recoveraunce
• recovere
• recoveree
• recoverer
• recoveryng

Descendants

• English: recover

References

• “recoveren, v.(2).” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-08-07.