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Retrieve
- verb - Get back
- get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
- go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
- run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"
- takes back
Retroact
- - Intransitive verb
1. To act in opposition, to react
2. To have reference to or influence on past occurrences
- To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.
Retrofit
- noun - a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house; "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing"
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors"
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured; "the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles"
Retronym
- noun - a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate; "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym"
Retrorse
- adjective - bent or curved backward or downward; "leaves with retrorse barbs"
Retrovir
- noun - an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow
Retrying
- verb - hear or try a court case anew
Retsinas
- noun - Greek wine flavored with resin
Returned
- verb - answer back
- be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
- bring back to the point of departure
- elect again
- give back; "render money"
- give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
- go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
- make a return; "return a kickback"
- pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
- pay back; "Please refund me my money"