Re-store" (r?*st?r"), v. t. [Pref. re- + store.] To store again; as,
the goods taken out were re-stored.
Re*store" (r?*st?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restored (r?-st?rd"); p. pr.
& vb. n. Restoring.] [OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L.
restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; an
upright pale or stake, Skr. sth&?;vara fixed, firm. Cf. Restaurant,
Store.] To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state
of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; 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.
2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away;
to bring back to the owner; to replace.
Now therefore restore the man his wife.
Gen. xx. 7.
Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the
blissful seat.
Milton.
The father banished virtue shall restore.
Dryden.
3. To renew; to reëstablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are
variance.