restore
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɹɪˈstɔː//
- United States//ɹɪˈstoɹ//
- //ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹ//
- //ɹɪˈstoə//
To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
verb
- 1
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.
- 2
To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
and his hand was restored whole as the other
our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
- 3
To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
Now therefore restore the man his wife.
Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
The father banish;d virtue shall restore.
The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream.
- 4
To give in place of, or as restitution for.
He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- 5
To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
- 6
To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
- 7
obsoleteTo make good; to make amends for.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored, and sorrows end.
Etymology
From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.
noun
- 1
The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.
Forms
- plural
- restores
- past tense
- restored
- past participle
- restored
- present participle
- restoring
- third person singular
- restores
restore · To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
restored · Pertaining to something or someone renewed or rebuilt.restrain · To control or keep in check.restrained · Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.