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Meaning of retrieve

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  retrieve
      v 1: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
           of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
           [syn: {recover}, {retrieve}, {find}, {regain}]
      2: go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking
         garage"
      3: run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog
         to retrieve"
      4: 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" [syn:
         {remember}, {retrieve}, {recall}, {call back}, {call up},
         {recollect}, {think}] [ant: {blank out}, {block}, {draw a
         blank}, {forget}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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