re|stor´er

re|stor´er
re|store «rih STR, -STOHR», transitive verb, -stored, -stor|ing.
1. to bring back; establish again: »

The police restored order.

2. to bring back to a former condition or to a normal condition: »

to restore a painting, to restore a person to consciousness. The old house has been restored. He is restored to health. The Bishops were restored to their seats in the Upper House (Macaulay).

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under renew. (Cf. ↑renew)
3. to give back; put back: »

to restore a book to the proper shelf. The honest boy restored the money he had found to its owner.

4. Obsolete. to compensate for: »

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, all losses are restored and sorrows end (Shakespeare).

╂[< Old French restorer < Latin restaurāre]
–re|stor´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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