restored

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Restore \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.
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         Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions.
                                                  --Prior.
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         And his hand was restored whole as the other. --Mark
                                                  iii. 5.
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   2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or
      taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.
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            Now therefore restore the man his wife. --Gen. xx.
                                                  7.
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            Loss of Eden, till one greater man
            Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. --Milton.
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            The father banished virtue shall restore. --Dryden.
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   3. To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among
      those who are variance.
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   4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.
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            He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep
            for a sheep.                          --Ex. xxii. 1.
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   5. To make good; to make amends for.
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            But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
            All losses are restored, and sorrows end. --Shak.
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   6. (Fine Arts)
      (a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from
          a changed condition; as, to restore a painting,
          statue, etc.
      (b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or
          mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or
          the like.
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   Syn: To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild;
        reestablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.
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