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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.
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