Definitions
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- verb Obsolete spelling of
recover .
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Examples
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Englishman in veritie, doe not loose the goods of the said dead marchant, vnder the name of a Venetian or Englishman, doe not to the discommoditie of my treasurie, for after it will be hard to recouer it.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Bragadino gaue to euery souldier one duckat, the which could gaine or recouer any of the former woolpackes, making countermines in all places.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Hee had no sooner deliuered the newes but the fleete was in sight: many of our shippes companies were on shore in the Ilande; some providing ballast for their ships; others filling of water and refreshing themselues from the land with such things as they could either for money, or by force recouer.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And the lord mounted on the wall of Spaine, whereas then began a great skirmish, and euery man layed his handes to worke, as well to put the enemies out of the breach, as to recouer the bulwarke that was lost.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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After we had put from thence, we had the winde so contrary, as we could not vnder nine dayes recouer the Burlings: in which passage on the thirteenth day the Earle of Essex, and with him M. Walter Deuereux his brother (a Gentleman of woonderfull great hope)
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But it should seme that they came not by the Noreast to double the promontory Tabin, to bee forced through the Scithian Sea, and to haue good passage through the narrow straight of Noua Zemla and neuer to recouer any shore is a matter of great impossibilitie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The Brey was so defaced by reason of this mine set on fire, that no body any more attempted to recouer the same, because there was no apt place remaining to stay vpon.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Also this captaine hath authoritie to recouer the goods of those
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Portugales had done this, they were without all hope to recouer any part of their goods againe, which goods might amount to the summe of sixteene thousand duckats, which, if they had not set fire to the towne, they might haue had againe without any losse at all.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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By the aboundance whereof they are so noysomly pestred, as that in many weekes they haue not beene able to recouer the shore, yea and many times recouer it not vntill the season of fishing bee ouer passed.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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