Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
RETRIEVE
I. verb (retrieved; retrieving) see: troubadour
Date: 15th century
transitive verb to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game), to call to mind again, to get back again ; regain,
4. rescue , salvage , to return (as a ball or shuttlecock that is difficult to reach) successfully, restore , revive , to remedy the evil consequences of ; correct , to get and bring back, intransitive verb to bring in game , retrievability noun retrievable adjective
II. noun
Date: 1697
retrieval , the successful return of a ball that is difficult to reach or control (as in tennis)