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to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball
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:
With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
(obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
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):