Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.)
   To discover and bring in game that has been killed or
   wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. --Walsh.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, n.
   1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

   2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
      [Obs.] --Nares.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retrieved}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Retrieving}.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find
   again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver;
   pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See
   {Trover}.]
   1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss
      or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve
      independence.

            With late repentance now they would retrieve The
            bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden

   2. To recall; to bring back.

            To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
                                                  --Berkeley.

Source : WordNet®

retrieve
     v 1: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
          of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
          [syn: {recover}, {find}, {regain}]
     2: of trained dogs
     3: 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"
        [syn: {remember}, {recall}, {call back}, {call up}, {recollect},
         {think}] [ant: {forget}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Retrieve
     
         A {query language} inspired {JPLDIS} which led to
        {Vulcan} and then to {dBASE II}, developed by {Tymshare Corp}
        in the 1960s.
     
        (1998-04-29)