Verb

(head)

(restore)

Verb

(restor)

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.

To bring back to a previous condition or state.

* Bible, Mark iii. 5

and his hand was restored whole as the other

* Prior

our fortune restored after the severest afflictions

To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

* Bible, Genesis xx. 7

Now therefore restore the man his wife.

* Milton

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

* Dryden

The father banished virtue shall restore .

To give in place of, or as restitution for.

* Bible, Exodus xxii. 1

He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

(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.

* Shakespeare

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.

Verb

(head)

(regain)

Verb

(en verb)

To get back; to recover possession of.

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