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111 words match “RESTORE”

PRE-RAPHAELITE n.
Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail.
PREPONDERANCE; PREPONDERANCY n.
In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. Macaulay.
PUT v. 2 definitions
To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour. (d) To restore to the original place; to replace. -- To put by. (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. "Smiling put the question by." Tennyson. (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by money. -- To put down. (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down. (b) To…
RACY a.
ste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich. The racy wine, Late from the mellowing cask restored to light. Pope.
RAPE n.
. [Obs.] Where now are all my hopes O, never more. Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore. Sandys.
REANIMATE v.
To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.
REASSURE v.
To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror. They rose with fear, . . . Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest. Dryden.
RECARBONIZE v.
To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel.
RECENTER v.
To center again; to restore to the center. Coleridge.
RECOMPOSE v.
To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind. Jer. Taylor.
RECONCILE v.
To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanct…
RECOVER v. 2 definitions
To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. The wine in my bottle will recover him. Shak.
RECRUIT v.
Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
RECURE v.
To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair. In western waves his weary wagon did recure. Spenser.
REDINTEGRATE a. 2 definitions
Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. Bacon.
REDIVIVUS a.
Living again; revived; restored.
REDUCE v.
To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia. Reduced iron (Chem.), metallic iron obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a current of hydrogen or other reducing agent. When hydrogen is used the product is called…
REESTABLISH v.
To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reëstablish a covenant; to reëstablish health.
REFECT v.
To restore after hunger or fatique; to refresh. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
REFIT v.
To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war. Macaulay.
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