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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.

To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. And from Britannia's public posts retire. Addison.

al change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse. The strange reverse of fate you see; I pitied you, now you may pity me. Dryden. By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich. Lamb.

ess; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. Dryden.

A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world. Fuller.

imilar to the hurdy- gurdy. Well could he sing and play on a rote. Chaucer. extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes. Sir W. Scott.

A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. Spenser. Tennyson.

to venture; to risk. He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them. Clarendon.

Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.

Grave; serious; solemn. [R.] "[Great bards.] in sage and solemn tunes have sung." Milton.

Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.] But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer. Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser. Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treble satisfaction. Shak.…

erty; range of view; intent, or action. Give him line and scope. Shak. In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. I. Taylor. Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. Burke. An…

live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.

Born of the sea; produced by the sea. "Neptune and his sea-born niece." Waller.

good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain. Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. Ecclus. xxxv. 20. -- Sea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Sea"son*a*bly, adv.

safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from. "Secure from fortune's blows." Dryden.

Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel". Chaucer.

Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! Pope.

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm. Fielding.

Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.