restore

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To bring something back to the way it was before.

   The police worked to restore order after the riot.

2. 2
   verb

   To repair something old or damaged so it looks or works like new.

   They spent years restoring the old farmhouse.

3. 3
   verb

   To give something back to its owner.

   The museum agreed to restore the stolen paintings to their original owners.

4. 4
   verb

   To recover data from a backup copy.

   After the crash, we restored all our files from the backup.

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

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