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English Dictionary: restore	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for restore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restore v return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" Synonym(s): restore, reconstruct return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" Synonym(s): regenerate, restore, rejuvenate give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" Synonym(s): restore, restitute restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" Synonym(s): repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on Antonym(s): break, bust bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" Synonym(s): restore, reinstate, reestablish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Re-store \Re-store"\ (r?*st?r"), v. t. [Pref. re- + store.] To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Restore \Restore"\ (r?st?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restored} (r?-st?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Restoring}.] [OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?] an upright pale or stake, Skr. sth[?]vara fixed, firm. Cf. {Restaurant}, {Store}.] To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover. [bd]To restore and to build Jerusalem.[b8] --Dan. ix. 25. Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. --Prior. And his hand was restored whole as the other. --Mark iii. 5. 2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace. Now therefore restore the man his wife. --Gen. xx. 7. Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. --Milton. The father banished virtue shall restore. --Dryden. 3. To renew; to re[89]stablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance. 4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for. He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. --Ex. xxii. 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Restore \Re*store"\, n. Restoration. [Obs.] --Spenser.