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A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon.

cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. Derham.

To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd.

The state of being reserved, or kept in store. Shak.

Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. Swift.…

A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.

To restore. [Obs.]

To restore to a former state. [R.] Dyer.

Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land. Swift. -- Re*stor"a*ble*ness, n.

restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reëstablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war. Behold the different climes agree, Rejoicing in thy restoration. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore. Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative delight. Milton.

To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]

Restored to life. [R.] Bp. Gardiner.

To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden

ount, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.

A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system. [Obs.] E. Darwin.

To restore vitality to; to bring back to life. L. S. Beale.

To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived. Bp. Pearson.

To revive; to recall or restore to life. [R.]