About The Word Restore
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Restore
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What's The Definition Of Restore?
[v] return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me"
[v] restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [v] give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" [v] bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [v] return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" Synonyms | Synonyms for Restore: bushel | doctor | fix | furbish up | mend | reconstruct | reestablish | regenerate | reinstate | rejuvenate | repair | restitute | touch on Related Terms | Find terms related to Restore: See Also | alter | ameliorate | amend | better | change | cobble | darn | defibrillate | fill | give back | heel | improve | meliorate | patch | patch up | piece | point | refund | regenerate | rehabilitate | reheel | reincarnate | renew | renew | repay | repoint | resole | return | revamp | revive | sole | trouble-shoot | vamp Restore In Webster's Dictionary \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.
5. To make good; to make amends for.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All
losses are restored, and sorrows end. --Shak.
6. (Fine Arts)
(a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from
a changed condition; as, to restore a painting,
statue, etc.
(b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or
mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or
the like.
Syn: To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild;
re["e]stablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal;
cure.
\Re*store"\, n. Restoration. [Obs.] --Spenser. |
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