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restore

verb

  1. return (someone or something) to a former condition
  2. give back
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɔː/ / /ɹɪˈstoɹ/ / /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹ/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.

  1. The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

    We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.

  1. To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

    to restore harmony among those who are at variance

    He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.

  2. To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.

    and his hand was restored whole as the other

    our fortune restored after the severest afflictions

  3. To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

    Now therefore restore the man his wife.

    Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.

  4. To give in place of, or as restitution for.

    He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

  5. To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.

    There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.

  6. To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
  7. To make good; to make amends for.

    But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored, and sorrows end.