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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESTO'RE, v.t. [L. restauro. This is a compound of re and the root of store, story, history. The primary sense is to set, to lay or to throw, as in Gr. solid.]
1. To return to a person, as a specific thing which he has lost, or which has been taken from him and unjustly detained. We restore lost or stolen goods to the owner.
Now therefore restore to the man his wife. Genesis 20.
2. To replace; to return; as a person or thing to a former place.
Pharaoh shall restore thee to thy place. Genesis 40.
3. To bring back.
The father banish'd virtue shall restore.
4. To bring back or recover from lapse, degeneracy, declension or ruin to its former state.
- Loss of Eden, till one greater man restore it, and regain the blissful seat.
- Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions.
5. To heal; to cure; to recover from disease.
His hand was restored whole like as the other. Matthew 12.
6. To make restitution or satisfaction for a thing taken, by returning something else, or something of different value.
He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Exodus 22.
7. To give for satisfaction for pretended wrongs something not taken. Psalms 69.
8. To repair; to rebuild; as, to restore and to build Jerusalem. Daniel 9.
9. To revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life.
Whose son he had restored to life. 2 Kings 8.
10. To return or bring back after absence. Hebrews 13.
11. To bring to a sense of sin and amendment of life.
Galatians 6.
12. To renew or re-establish after interruption; as, peace is restored. Friendship between the parties is restored.
13. To recover or renew, as passages of an author obscured or corrupted; as, to restore the true reading.
RE'STORE, v.t. [re and store.] To store again. The goods taken out were restored.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" [syn: restore, reconstruct]
2: return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" [syn: regenerate, restore, rejuvenate]
3: give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" [syn: restore, restitute]
4: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]
5: bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: restore, reinstate, reestablish]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (restored; restoring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French restorer, from Latin restaurare to renew, rebuild, alteration of instaurare to renew Date: 14th century 1. give back, return 2. to put or bring back into existence or use 3. to bring back to or put back into a former or original state ; renew 4. to put again in possession of something Synonyms: see renew • restorer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 bring back or attempt to bring back to the original state by rebuilding, repairing, repainting, emending, etc. 2 bring back to health etc.; cure. 3 give back to the original owner etc.; make restitution of. 4 reinstate; bring back to dignity or right. 5 replace; put back; bring back to a former condition. 6 make a representation of the supposed original state of (a ruin, extinct animal, etc.). 7 reinstate by conjecture (missing words in a text, missing pieces, etc.). Derivatives: restorable adj. restorer n. Etymology: ME f. OF restorer f. L restaurare

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Restore Re*store" (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. ``To restore and to build Jerusalem.'' --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["e]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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Restore Re*store", n. Restoration. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(restores, restoring, restored) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. To restore a situation or practice means to cause it to exist again. The army has recently been brought in to restore order... VERB: V n • restoration His visit is expected to lead to the restoration of diplomatic relations... N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 2. To restore someone or something to a previous condition means to cause them to be in that condition once again. We will restore her to health but it may take time... His country desperately needs Western aid to restore its ailing economy. VERB: V n to n, V n • restoration I owe the restoration of my hearing to this remarkable new technique. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 3. When someone restores something such as an old building, painting, or piece of furniture, they repair and clean it, so that it looks like it did when it was new. ...experts who specialise in examining and restoring ancient parchments. VERB: V n • restoration (restorations) I specialized in the restoration of old houses... N-VAR 4. If something that was lost or stolen is restored to its owner, it is returned to them. (FORMAL) The following day their horses and goods were restored to them... = return VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Return, give back, bring back, render up. 2. Replace, re-establish, redintegrate, reinstate, renew. 3. Cure, heal, revive, recover. 4. Revive, resuscitate. 5. Renew, repair. 6. Refund, repay. 7. Compensate, make amends for. 8. Recover, renew, emend.

Moby Thesaurus

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