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retrieve
A	verb
	1	remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think
			recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

	2	retrieve
			of trained dogs
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transmit; transfer; transport; channel; channelize; channelise ╚bring; get; convey; fetch ╚retrieve
	3	recover, retrieve, find, regain
			get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚recover, retrieve, find, regain ╚access