Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retrieve
Participle: retrieved
Gerund: retrieving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retrieve |
| you | retrieve |
| he;she;it | retrieves |
| we | retrieve |
| you | retrieve |
| they | retrieve |
Perfect
| I | have retrieved |
| you | have retrieved |
| he;she;it | has retrieved |
| we | have retrieved |
| you | have retrieved |
| they | have retrieved |
Past
| I | retrieved |
| you | retrieved |
| he;she;it | retrieved |
| we | retrieved |
| you | retrieved |
| they | retrieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had retrieved |
| you | had retrieved |
| he;she;it | had retrieved |
| we | had retrieved |
| you | had retrieved |
| they | had retrieved |
Future
| I | will retrieve |
| you | will retrieve |
| he;she;it | will retrieve |
| we | will retrieve |
| you | will retrieve |
| they | will retrieve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retrieved |
| you | will have retrieved |
| he;she;it | will have retrieved |
| we | will have retrieved |
| you | will have retrieved |
| they | will have retrieved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retrieve |
| you | retrieve |
| he;she;it | retrieve |
| we | retrieve |
| you | retrieve |
| they | retrieve |
Perfect
| I | have retrieved |
| you | have retrieved |
| he;she;it | have retrieved |
| we | have retrieved |
| you | have retrieved |
| they | have retrieved |
Imperfect
| I | retrieved |
| you | retrieved |
| he;she;it | retrieved |
| we | retrieved |
| you | retrieved |
| they | retrieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had retrieved |
| you | had retrieved |
| he;she;it | had retrieved |
| we | had retrieved |
| you | had retrieved |
| they | had retrieved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retrieve |
| you | would retrieve |
| he;she;it | would retrieve |
| we | would retrieve |
| you | would retrieve |
| they | would retrieve |
Perfect
| I | would have retrieved |
| you | would have retrieved |
| he;she;it | would have retrieved |
| we | would have retrieved |
| you | would have retrieved |
| they | would have retrieved |
Imperative
| you | retrieve |
| we | Let's retrieve |
| you | retrieve |
Verbs conjugated like 'retrieve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'retrieve'
reprieve,
relieve,
repreve,
reprive,
restrive,
aggrieve,
believe,
deprive,
derive,
engrieve,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1410, retreve, from M.Fr. retruev-, stem of O.Fr. retrouver "find again," from re- "again" + trouver "to find," probably from V.L. *tropare "to compose" (see trove). Altered 16c. to retrive; modern form is from c.1650. Retriever "dog used for retrieving game" first recorded 1486.
2. Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).
Sample Sentences
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to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball
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With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. [1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits [1714, Rev. Dean Berkeley, letter to Alexander Pope, May 1, 1714:]
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The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved.
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Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving.
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Most dogs love retrieving, regardless of what object is thrown.
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Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. [1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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There is much to be done […] and much to be retrieved. [1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:]