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Etymology

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From Middle English restoren , from Old French restorer , from Latin rēstaurāre . By surface analysis, re- +‎ store .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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Person restoring a gilded mirror.

restore (third-person singular simple present restores , present participle restoring , simple past and past participle restored )

  1. (transitive ) 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. (transitive ) To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
    Synonyms: fix , remit ; see also Thesaurus:repair, Thesaurus:revert
  3. (transitive ) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
    Synonyms: give back , return ; see also Thesaurus:return
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [...] (King James Version), London: [...] Robert Barker, [...], →OCLC, Genesis xx:7:
      Now therefore restore the man his wife.
    • 1667, John Milton, "Book I", in Paradise Lost. [...] , London: [...] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [...]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter [...]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [...], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [...], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [...], 1873, →OCLC:
      Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
    • 1697, Virgil, "Tityrus and Meliboeus", in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [...], London: [...] Jacob Tonson, [...], →OCLC:
      The father banish;d virtue shall restore.
    • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
      The plain appears like paradise restored, where the proud cypress and tall arreca seem walking by the margin of the passing stream.
  4. (transitive ) To give in place of, or as restitution for.
  5. (transitive , computing ) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
    There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
  6. (transitive , music ) To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
  7. (obsolete ) To make good; to make amends for.

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Translations

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to reestablish, or bring back into existence
to bring back to a previous condition or state
to give back, or make restitution
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Noun

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restore (plural restores )

  1. (computing ) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
    We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.
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