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retrieve

v. run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"

retrieve

v. to make an in-bounds return of (a shot requiring running with the hand extended)

retrieve

v. to retrieve a fishing line

retrieve

v. to call up information in a computer system

recover, regain

v. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"

recall, think, know, remember, recollect, remind, call back

v. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

recover, recoup, make good

v. regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

recover, reclaim

v. reuse (materials from waste products)

ransom, redeem, buy back

v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat

recapture

v. experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"

pay off, redeem

v. pay off (loans or promissory notes)

identify, consider same, consider equal

v. consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

know

v. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"

reminisce, recall the past

v. recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon"

return, recall, come back, hark back

v. go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

remember, think back

v. recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"

blank out, forget, draw a blank, fail to remember, be unable to remember

v. be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

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