Re‐cov″er (r?‐k?v″?r), v. i. 1. To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; — often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.
Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2.
2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. Fuller.
3. (Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.