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verb (used with object), -stored, -stor·ing.
1.
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
2.
to bring back to a former, original, or normal condition, as a building, statue, or painting.
3.
to bring back to a state of health, soundness, or vigor.
4.
to put back to a former place, or to a former position, rank, etc.: to restore the king to his throne.
5.
EXPANDto give back; make return or restitution of (anything taken away or lost).
6.
COLLAPSEto reproduce or reconstruct (an ancient building, extinct animal, etc.) in the original state.
Related forms
re·stor·a·ble, adjective
re·stor·a·ble·ness, noun
re·stor·er, noun
qua·si-re·stored, adjective
self-re·stor·ing, adjective
EXPAND
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is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
restore
c.1300, "to give back," also, "to build up again, repair," from O.Fr. restorer, from L. restaurare "repair, rebuild, renew," from re- "back, again" + -staurare, as in instaurare "restore." The Restoration in Eng. history was the re-establishment of the monarchy with the return of Charles II in 1660.
EXPAND As a period in Eng. theater, attested from 1898.
COLLAPSE
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