recover

/rɪˈkʌv·ər/ v [I/T]

Definition

› to get better after an illness or a period of difficulty or trouble: [I] It took her a while to recover after the operation. › To recover something is to find or get back the use of something lost or taken away: [T] The police recovered her handbag, but her wallet was gone.

(Definition of recover v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)