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Restore   /rɪstˈɔr/   Listen
verb
Restore  v. t.  (past & past part. restored; pres. part. restoring)  
1.
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." "Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions." "And his hand was restored whole as the other."
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." "Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat." "The father banished virtue shall restore."
3.
To renew; to reestablish; 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."
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."
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.
Synonyms: To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild; reestablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.


noun
Restore  n.  Restoration. (Obs.)





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"Restore" Quotes from Famous Books



... their destinations Belle Ile was conquered. Pitt knew how deeply the national spirit of France would be wounded by this blow; he promised to restore the island if adequate compensation were made, and Choiseul professed himself willing to make important concessions. On July 15, however, he made proposals of a less favourable kind than might have been ...
— The Political History of England - Vol. X. • William Hunt
... Orleans and the defeat of the invincible English were news to move France from one end to the other, and especially to raise the spirits and restore the courage of that part of France which had no sympathy with the invaders and to which the English yoke was unaccustomed and disgraceful. The news flew up and down the Loire from point to point, arousing every village, and breathing new heart ...
— Jeanne d'Arc - Her Life And Death • Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant
... of the world would scream; but they would, nonetheless, respect us. Such action in our own interests is the only thing that will restore our "prestige" in the world—and restore American military security in ...
— The Invisible Government • Dan Smoot
... that they had placed a gourd on the path, and on inquiry found they had done so to gain the sympathy of all passers-by to their crop close at hand, which was blighted, imagining that the voice of the sympathiser heard by the spirits would induce them to relent, and restore a healthy ...
— The Discovery of the Source of the Nile • John Hanning Speke
... events, was not "too matter-of-fact." Her speech, however, with its slight West-Country burr, was matter-of-fact enough, concerned entirely with how long she would have to sit, and the pay she was to get for it. In the middle of their conversation she sank down on the floor, and Hilary was driven to restore her with biscuits and liqueur, which in his haste he took for brandy. It seemed she had not eaten since her breakfast the day before, which had consisted of a cup of tea. In answer to his remonstrance, ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy


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