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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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111 words match “RESTORE”

To restore to one's own country.

REPLACE v. 2 definitions

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

REPRISTINATE v.

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

To restore. [Obs.]

RESTITUTE v. 2 definitions

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.

RESTORATION n. 3 definitions

of 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.

RESTORATIVE a. 2 definitions

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]

RESUSCITATE a. 2 definitions

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

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.

REVIVE v. 2 definitions

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

REVIVIFICATE v.

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

To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.

RIGHT v. 2 definitions

To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.

- To bring one round. (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct. (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]

To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.

spiritual blessings. Eph. i. 3. If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one. Gal. vi. 1.