restore

English

Etymology

From Middle English restoren, borrowed from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre.

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: rĭstôrʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈstɔɹ/
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭstôʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈstɔː/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: rĭstōrʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈstoə/
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Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Hyphenation: re‧store

Verb

restore (third-person singular simple present restores, present participle restoring, simple past and past participle restored)

(transitive) 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.
(transitive) To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Mark iii. 5
  and his hand was restored whole as the other
- (Can we date this quote?) Prior
  our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis xx. 7
  Now therefore restore the man his wife.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
  Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
- (Can we date this quote?) Dryden
  The father banished virtue shall restore.
(transitive) To give in place of, or as restitution for.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
  He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
(computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
  But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored, and sorrows end.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:repair

Translations

To reestablish, or bring back into existence

Azerbaijani: bərpa etmək (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恢復 (zh), 恢复 (zh) (huīfù)
Czech: opravit (cs), obnovit
Finnish: palauttaa (fi)
French: restaurer (fr), rétablir (fr)
Georgian: აღადგენს (aɣadgens)
German: wiederherstellen (de), restaurieren (de)
Greek: αποκαθιστώ (el) (apokathistó)
Hungarian: helyreállít (hu)
Ido: riestablisar (io)

Italian: ristabilire, restaurare (it), riportare (it), rimettere (it)
Japanese: 立て直す (tatenaosu), 再建する (saiken suru)
Kurdish: vegerandin (ku)
Latin: restauro
Maori: whakahou, tāmata
Ngazidja Comorian: uruɗisha (urudisha)
Portuguese: restaurar (pt)
Russian: восстана́вливать (ru) impf (vosstanávlivatʹ), восстанови́ть (ru) pf (vosstanovítʹ), реставри́ровать (ru) impf or pf (restavrírovatʹ)
Spanish: restablecer (es)
Swedish: återställ (sv)

To bring back to a previous condition or state

Arabic: يستعيد‎
Azerbaijani: bərpa etmək (az)
Dutch: restaureren (nl), terugzetten (nl), herstellen (nl)
Esperanto: restaŭri
Estonian: ennistama
Finnish: restauroida, palauttaa (fi), peruskorjata
French: rétablir (fr)
Georgian: აღადგენს (aɣadgens), შეაკეთებს (šeaḳetebs)
Greek: επαναφέρω (el) (epanaféro)
Hungarian: helyreállít (hu), restaurál

Ido: restaurar (io)
Italian: riportare (it), rimettere (it), ristabilire
Japanese: 取り戻す (torimodosu), 復旧させる (ja) (fukkyū saseru)
Latin: referō (la)
Maori: whakamātūtū (of health), haumanu (to health), tāmata
Portuguese: restaurar (pt), recuperar (pt)
Russian: восстана́вливать (ru) impf (vosstanávlivatʹ), восстанови́ть (ru) pf (vosstanovítʹ)
Slovene: restavrirati
Spanish: restaurar (es)
Swedish: återställ (sv)

To give back, or make restitution

Finnish: palauttaa (fi)
French: rendre (fr), restituer (fr)
Greek: επιστρέφω (el) (epistréfo)
Hungarian: visszaad (hu)

Italian: restituire (it), ritornare (it), dare indietro
Slovene: povrniti
Swedish: återställ (sv)
Welsh: edfryd, adfer (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} herstellen (nl)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} restaŭri

French: ^{(please verify)} restaurer (fr)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} restaurare

Noun

restore (plural restores)

(computing) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

Related terms

Anagrams

retroes, tresero

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