(1):

(n.) The recovery of game once sprung; - an old sporting term.

(2):

(n.) A seeking again; a discovery.

(3):

(v. t.) To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

(4):

(v. t.) To recall; to bring back.

(5):

(v. t.) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.

(6):

(v. i.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.