Not only had the poor orphan retrieved the fallen fortunes of his line

Not only had he repurchased the old lands, and rebuilt the old dwelling. He had preserved and extended an empire. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. Melendez, who desired an opportunity to retrieve his honor, was constituted hereditary governor of a territory of almost unlimited extent. Bancroft , Hist. U. S., I. 57. 4. To make amends for; repair; better; ameliorate. What ill news can come... which doth not relate to the badne of our circumstances? and those, I thank heaven, we have now a fair prospect of retrieving .