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returned |
1 definition 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.
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