GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Restore , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Restoring.] [OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. σταυρός an upright pale or stake, Skr. sthāvara 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.
   
   1913 Webster
   Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions.
   Prior.
   
   1913 Webster
   And his hand was restored whole as the other.
   Mark iii. 5.
   
   1913 Webster
   To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.
   1913 Webster
   Now therefore restore the man his wife.
   Gen. xx. 7.
   
   1913 Webster
   Loss of Eden, till one greater man
   Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
   Milton.
   
   1913 Webster
   The father banished virtue shall restore.
   Dryden.
   
   1913 Webster
   To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.
   1913 Webster
   To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.
   1913 Webster
   He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
   Ex. xxii. 1.
   
   1913 Webster
   To make good; to make amends for.
   1913 Webster
   But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
   All losses are restored, and sorrows end.
   Shak.
   
   1913 Webster
   (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.
   1913 Webster
   Syn. -- To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild; reestablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

2.       
   Restore , n. Restoration. [Obs.]
   Spenser.
   
   1913 Webster