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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Restore  \Re*store"\  (r?*st?r"),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Restored} 
  (r?-st?rd");  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Restoring}.]  [OE.  restoren,  OF 
  restorer,  F.  restaurer  fr  L.  restaurare;  pref.  re-  re-  +  an 
  unused  word  cf  Gr  ????  an  upright  pale  or  stake,  Skr. 
  sth?vara  fixed,  firm.  Cf  {Restaurant},  {Store}.] 
  To  bring  back  to  its  former  state;  to  bring  back  from  a  state 
  of  ruin,  decay,  disease,  or  the  like  to  repair;  to  renew;  to 
  recover.  ``To  restore  and  to  build  Jerusalem.''  --Dan.  ix 
  25. 
 
  Our  fortune  restored  after  the  severest  afflictions. 
  --Prior. 
 
  And  his  hand  was  restored  whole  as  the  other  --Mark 
  iii.  5. 
 
  2.  To  give  or  bring  back  as  that  which  has  been  lost.,  or 
  taken  away  to  bring  back  to  the  owner;  to  replace. 
 
  Now  therefore  restore  the  man  his  wife.  --Gen.  xx 
  7. 
 
  Loss  of  Eden,  till  one  greater  man  Restore  us  and 
  regain  the  blissful  seat.  --Milton. 
 
  The  father  banished  virtue  shall  restore.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  renew;  to  re["e]stablish;  as  to  restore  harmony  among 
  those  who  are  variance. 
 
  4.  To  give  in  place  of  or  as  satisfaction  for 
 
  He  shall  restore  five  oxen  for  an  ox  and  four  sheep 
  for  a  sheep.  --Ex.  xxii.  1.




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