2. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair
the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. "Loss of catel may
recovered be." Chaucer.
Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover.
Rogers.
3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to
life or health; to cure; to heal.
The wine in my bottle will recover him.
Shak.