Restore

[imp. & p. p. RESTORED; p. pr. & vb. n. RESTORING.] [Fr. restaurer, O. Fr. restorer, Pr., Sp., & Pg. restaurar, It. restaurare, ristaurare, ristorare, Lat. restaurare.]

1Sense 1. To bring back from a state of ruin, decay, and the like; to repair. “To restore and to build Jerusalem.” Dan. ix. 25.

Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior.

2Sense 2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost; to bring back to the owner; to replace.

Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. Milton.

Now, therefore, restore to the man his wife. Gen. xx. 7.

The father banished virtue shall restore. Dryden.

3Sense 3. To bring back to health or strength; to heal; to cure.

4Sense 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.

5Sense 5. (Fine Arts.) (a.) To bring back from a state of injury or decay; as, to restore a painting, statue, &c. (b.) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a building, city, or the like.

Synonyms— To return; replace; refund; repay; re-instate; re-establish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure. See RETURN.

v. t. [Prefix re and store.] To store again; as, the goods taken out were restored.

n. That which restores or makes new; restoration. [Obs.] Spencer.