12. (Card Playing) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner;
as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.
To return a lead (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led by one's
partner.
Syn. -- To restore; requite; repay; recompense; render; remit; report.
Re*turn" (?), n. 1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back
to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the
return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.
At the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against
thee.