Hypertext Webster Gateway: "restoring"

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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