5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Return \Re*turn"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Returned}; p. pr & vb
n. {Returning}.] [OE. returnen, retournen F. retourner;
pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.]
1. To turn back to go or come again to the same place or
condition. ``Return to your father's house.'' --Chaucer.
On their embattled ranks the waves return. --Milton.
If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a
state of freedom. --Locke.
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Gen. iii.
19.
2. To come back or begin again after an interval, regular
or irregular; to appear again
With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day
or the sweet approach of even or morn. --Milton.
3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
He said and thus the queen of heaven returned.
--Pope.
4. To revert; to pass back into possession.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
kingdom return to the house of David. --1Kings xii.
26.
5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. ``But to
return to my story.'' --Fielding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Re-turn \Re-turn"\, v. t. & i.
To turn again
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Return \Re*turn"\, v. t.
1. To bring carry, send or turn, back as to return a
borrowed book, or a hired horse.
Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye.
--Spenser.
2. To repay; as to return borrowed money.
3. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head. --1 Kings ii
44.
4. To give back in reply; as to return an answer; to return
thanks.
5. To retort; to throw back as to return the lie.
If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me
that I affect to be thought more impartial than I
am --Dryden.
6. To report, or bring back and make known
And all the people answered together, . . . and
Moses returned the words of the people unto the
Lord. --Ex. xix. 8.
7. To render, as an account, usually an official account, to
a superior; to report officially by a list or statement;
as to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to
return the result of an election.
8. Hence to elect according to the official report of the
election officers. [Eng.]
9. To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with
a certificate of what has been done as to return a writ.
10. To convey into official custody, or to a general
depository.
Instead of a ship, he should levy money, and return
the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use
--Clarendon.
11. (Tennis) To bat (the ball) back over the net.
12. (Card Playing) To lead in response to the lead of one's
partner; as to return a trump; to return a diamond for a
club.
{To return a lead} (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led
by one's partner.
Syn: To restore; requite; repay; recompense; render; remit;
report.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Return \Re*turn"\, n.
1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the
same place or condition; as the return of one long
absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons,
or of an anniversary.
At the return of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee. --1 Kings xx
22.
His personal return was most required and necessary.
--Shak.
2. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the
same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital;
retribution; as the return of anything borrowed, as a
book or money; a good return in tennis.
You made my liberty your late request: Is no return
due from a grateful breast? --Dryden.
3. That which is returned. Specifically:
a A payment; a remittance; a requital.
I do expect return Of thrice three times the
value of this bond. --Shak.
b An answer; as a return to one's question.
c An account, or formal report, of an action performed,
of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the
like as election returns; a return of the amount of
goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a
set of tabulated statistics prepared for general
information.
d The profit on or advantage received from labor, or
an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc
The fruit from many days of recreation is very
little; but from these few hours we spend in
prayer, the return is great. --Jer. Taylor.
4. (Arch.) The continuation in a different direction, most
often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building,
or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus a facade
of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet
north and south.
5. (Law)
a The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or
execution, to the proper officer or court.
b The certificate of an officer stating what he has done
in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the
document.
c The sending back of a commission with the certificate
of the commissioners.
d A day in bank. See {Return day}, below. --Blackstone.
6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement,
rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as
the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number
of the sick; the return of provisions, etc
7. pl (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench
or mine.
{Return ball}, a ball held by an elastic string so that it
returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a
plaything.
{Return bend}, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous
ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one
above another.
{Return day} (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear
in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his
proceedings.
{Return flue}, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame
or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their
previous movement in another flue.
{Return pipe} (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of
condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back
toward the boiler.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
return
n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the
taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough
that he had to file a tax return" [syn: {tax return}, {income
tax return}]
2: a coming to or returning home; "on the eve of his return to
Australia we gave him a goodbye party" [syn: {homecoming}]
3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite
direction [syn: {coming back}]
4: getting something back again "upon the restitution of the
book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue
lashing" [syn: {restitution}, {restoration}, {regaining}]
5: the act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on
their return to the base camp"
6: the income arising from land or other property; "the average
return was about 5%" [syn: {issue}, {proceeds}, {take}, {takings},
{yield}, {payoff}]
7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the
return of spring" [syn: {recurrence}]
8: a reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the
teacher" [syn: {rejoinder}, {retort}, {riposte}, {comeback}]
9: the key on electric typewriters that causes a carriage
return and a line feed [syn: {return key}]
10: a reciprocal group action "in return we gave them as good
as we got" [syn: {paying back}, {getting even}]
11: a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player;
"he won the point on a cross-court return"
12: the act of running back the football after a kickoff or punt
or interception or fumble
v 1: come back to place where one has been before or return to a
previous activity [syn: {go back}, {get back}, {come
back}]
2: give back [syn: {render}]
3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: {revert}, {regress}, {turn back}]
4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a
previous remark of his" [syn: {hark back}, {come back}, {recall}]
5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: {take back}, {bring
back}]
6: return in kind "return a compliment"; "return her love"
7: make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football
8: answer back [syn: {retort}, {come back}, {repay}, {riposte},
{rejoin}]
9: "Her old vigor returned" [syn: {come back}, {be restored}]
10: pay back "Please refund me my money" [syn: {refund}, {repay},
{give back}]
11: as of a verdict, by a jury [syn: {render}, {deliver}]
12: elect again [syn: {reelect}]
13: be inherited by "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
returned to the family"; The estate devolved to an heir
that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: {fall}, {pass},
{devolve}]
14: return to a previous position; in mathematics: "The point
returned to the interior of the figure"
15: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The cow
won't give much milk" [syn: {render}, {yield}, {give}, {generate}]
16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a
bill to a legislative body"
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