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.
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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.
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5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. ``But to
return to my story.'' --Fielding.