To store again or anew: as, the goods were restored.
noun.
Restoration; restitution.
To bring back to a former and better state.
To bring back from lapse, degeneracy, or a fallen condition to a former state.
To bring back to a state of health or soundness; heal; cure.
In the fine arts:
To bring back from a state of injury or decay as nearly as may be to the primitive state, supplying any part that may be wanting, by a careful following of the original work: as, to restore a painting, a statue, etc.
To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated: as, to restore a ruined building according to its original state or design.
To bring back; renew or reëstablish after interruption.
To give or bring back; return to a person, as a specific thing which he has lost, or which has been taken from him and unjustly retained: as, to restore lost or stolen goods to the owner.
To give in place of or as satisfaction for something; hence, to make amends for; compensate.
To bring or put back to a former position or condition; replace; return, as a person or thing to a former place.
To recover or renew, as passages of an author defective or corrupted; emend.
In paleontology, to represent (an extinct animal) from its existing remains. See restoration, 8.
In musical notation, to bring (a degree or note) back to its original signification by canceling a chromatic sign which had affected it temporarily.
To store.
Synonyms . To recover.
3 and To refund, repay.
To reinstate. Return, Restore. To return a thing to its former place; to restore it to its former condition; to return what has been borrowed; to restore what has been stolen; to be restored to health or prosperity.