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 in -ed)

infinitive	(to) recoveren, recovere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	recovere	recovered
2nd-person singular	recoverest	recoveredest
3rd-person singular	recovereth	recovered
subjunctive singular	recovere
imperative singular		—
plural1	recoveren, recovere	recovereden, recoverede
imperative plural	recovereth, recovere	—
participles	recoverynge, recoverende	recovered, yrecovered

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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.