Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recoverable \Re*cov"er*a*ble\ (-?*b'l), a. [Cf. F. recouvrable.]
   Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being
   brought back to a former condition, as from sickness,
   misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as,
   the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are
   not recoverable.

         A prodigal course Is like the sun's; but not, like his,
         recoverable.                             --Shak.

         If I am recoverable, why am I thus?      --Cowper.
   -- {Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness}, n.