1. retrieve - Noun
2. retrieve - Verb
To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.
To recall; to bring back.
To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
A seeking again; a discovery.
The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe need the nation of equal citizenship. We need a nation that fights corruption, a nation, a state where law rules, a nation where those who abuse their authority are questioned. We want to retrieve our nation, and we want to become citizens in a new world. Tawakkol Karman
The only way to retrieve a secret, once known, is to replace it with a lie. Orson Scott Card
For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost. Zadie Smith
My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working. Theodore Sturgeon
I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream. Theodore Sturgeon
I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow. Emilie Autumn