Re*tund" (?), v. t. [L. retundere, retusum; pref. re- re- + tundere to
beat.] To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be
obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence. Ray. Cudworth.
Re-turn" (?), v. t. & i. To turn again.
Re*turn" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Returned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Returning.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- +
tourner to turn. See Turn.] 1. To turn back; to go or come again to the
same place or condition. "Return to your father's house." Chaucer.
On their embattled ranks the waves return.
Milton.
If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of
freedom.
Locke.
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Gen. iii. 19.
2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or
irregular; to appear again.
With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day or the sweet
approach of even or morn.
Milton.