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Retrieve

/rɪˈtriːv/
To get something back that was lost, misplaced, or taken away.

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Examples:

Henry turned and retrieved his chair.She retrieved the old letters from the attic.The computer retrieved the data in seconds.

Etymology:

etymology
The word retrieve originates from Middle English retreven, borrowed from Anglo-French retrever, from Latin retrievre. It combines re- meaning back and trouver meaning to find.

Usage Statistics:

16 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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