v.
- get or bring back.
▸(of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot).
- put right or improve (an unwelcome situation).
- find or extract (information stored in a computer).
n.
an act of retrieving.
Derivative
- retrievability n.
- retrievable adj.
- retrieval n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.