restore
English
Etymology
From Middle English restoren, borrowed from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: rĭstôrʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈstɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭstôʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈstɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: rĭstōrʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈstoə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: re‧store
Verb
restore (third-person singular simple present restores, present participle restoring, simple past and past participle restored)
- (transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
- to restore harmony among those who are at variance
- He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
- (transitive) To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Mark iii. 5
- and his hand was restored whole as the other
- (Can we date this quote?) Prior
- our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Mark iii. 5
- (transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis xx. 7
- Now therefore restore the man his wife.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
- (Can we date this quote?) Dryden
- The father banished virtue shall restore.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis xx. 7
- (transitive) To give in place of, or as restitution for.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
- He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
- (computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
- There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
- (obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored, and sorrows end.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:repair
Translations
To reestablish, or bring back into existence
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To bring back to a previous condition or state
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To give back, or make restitution
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