Dictionary entry

Recoverable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐cov″er‐a‐ble (–?‐b'l), a. [Cf. F. recouvrable.] Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.

A prodigal course

Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. Shak.

If I am recoverable, why am I thus? Cowper.

— Re‐cov″er‐a‐ble‐ness, n.