Restore
[rɪ'stɔː] or [rɪ'stɔr]
Definition
(verb.) give or bring back; 'Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner'.
(verb.) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; 'restore law and order'; 'reestablish peace in the region'; 'restore the emperor to the throne'.
(verb.) return to its original or usable and functioning condition; 'restore the forest to its original pristine condition'.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.
(v. t.) To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.
(v. t.) To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.
(v. t.) To make good; to make amends for.
(v. t.) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc.
(v. t.) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like.
(n.) Restoration.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Return, give back, bring back, render up.[2]. Replace, re-establish, redintegrate, reinstate, renew.[3]. Cure, heal, revive, recruit.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Return, replace, refund, repay, reinstate, re-establish, renew, repair,recover, heal, cure, refresh
ANT:Abstract, remove, displace, appropriate, alienate, deprive, impair, wound,injure, dilapidate, shatter
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Definition
v.t. to repair: to replace: to return: to bring back to its former state: to revive: to cure: to compensate: to mend: (mus.) to bring a note back to its original signification.—adj. Restōr′able that may be restored to a former owner or condition.—ns. Restōr′ableness the state or quality of being restorable; Restōrā′tion act of restoring: replacement: recovery: revival: reparation: renewal: restoration of a building to its original design: (theol.) receiving of a sinner to the divine favour: the final recovery of all men: (pal鎜nt.) the proper adjustment of the bones of an extinct animal; Restōrā′tionist one who holds the belief that after a purgation all wicked men and angels will be restored to the favour of God a universalist.—adj. Restōr′ative able or tending to restore esp. to strength and vigour.—n. a medicine that restores.—adv. Restōr′atively.—ns. Restōre′ment; Restōr′er.—The Restoration the re-establishment of the monarchy with the return of Charles II. in 1660.
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Examples
- Though to bless and restore his mother, not his father, was the errand of this baby, its power was mighty to do it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His ambition was to restore the empire of Jengis Khan as he conceived it, a project in which he completely failed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A gentleman had done this good turn, and nowcovering her with his cloak, advanced to restore her to the house whence he had seen her issue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Joe caught up his hat again, and ran with them to the Jolly Bargemen to restore them to their owner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Nor was her residence at her mother's house of a nature to restore her gaiety. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We have no trace of him at present, although our exertions to discover him are unremitted; but they will not restore my beloved William. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Loose the bandage sufficiently to restore the pulse. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The energy which had at once supported him under his old sufferings and aggravated their sharpness, had been gradually restored to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Ruined by a fatal inheritance, and restored through me! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When you are quite restored---- I am quite well again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As for my father, his desires and exertions were bounded to the again seeing me restored to health and peace of mind. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- When she came to herself, or when Miss Betsey had restored her, whichever it was, she found the latter standing at the window. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Here even the Inquisition was restored. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No, he said coolly: when you have indicated to us the residence of your friends, we can write to them, and you may be restored to home. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Seeing her as I saw her now, it would have been cruel to think of anything but the necessity and the humanity of restoring her composure. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With the intention of restoring them to liberty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have the pleasure, madam, (to Mrs. Bates,) of restoring your spectacles, healed for the present. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Pharaoh's multitude that were drowned in the Red Sea, ain't more beyond restoring to life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Shaw and her maid found plenty of occupation in restoring Margaret's wardrobe to a state of elegant variety. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- On receipt of the order restoring me to command I proceeded to Savannah on the Tennessee, to which point my troops had advanced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The bill restoring the grade of lieutenant-general of the army had passed through Congress and became a law on the 26th of February. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Volumnia's finishing the sentence restores her to favour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When I wander, her gentler spirit ever restores me, and keeps before my eyes the Christian calling and mission of our race. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My strict sense of propriety restores it (by the hands of my wife) to its place on the writer's table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The earth is more than a mechanism, it is an organism that repairs and restores itself in perpetuity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If I rise from a chair, and let it remain where I have been sitting, he carefully restores it to its proper place against the wall. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- By irrigation, on the other hand, man restores the desert to life and mitigates climate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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