a. [ From Retrieve. ] That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*triev"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act retrieving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Retrieved p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving. ] [ OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover. ] 1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. [ 1913 Webster ]

With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To recall; to bring back. [ 1913 Webster ]

To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Retrieval. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who retrieves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded. [ 1913 Webster ]