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recover

/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ noun C2
  1. A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
  2. The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery). (dated)

Plural recovers

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Come, recover.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1060 · C1
Here Ruby Gillis had succumbed to hysterics, and was left to recover from them as best she might, while Jane and Diana flew through the Haunted Wood and across the brook to Green Gables.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 228 · C1
There would be other springs, but if she did not succeed in passing the Entrance, Anne felt convinced that she would never recover sufficiently to enjoy them.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 266 · C1
She could not yet recover from the surprise of what had happened: it was impossible to think of anything else; and, totally indisposed for employment, she resolved soon after breakfast to indulge herself in air and exercise.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 226 · B2

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