\Re*store"\ (r?*st?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restored}
(r?-st?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Restoring}.] [OE. restoren, OF.
restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an
unused word; cf. Gr. ???? an upright pale or stake, Skr.
sth?vara fixed, firm. Cf. {Restaurant}, {Store}.]
To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state
of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to
recover. ``To restore and to build Jerusalem.'' --Dan. ix.
25.
      Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions.
                                               --Prior.
      And his hand was restored whole as the other. --Mark
                                               iii. 5.
2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or
   taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.
         Now therefore restore the man his wife. --Gen. xx.
                                               7.
         Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and
         regain the blissful seat.             --Milton.
         The father banished virtue shall restore. --Dryden.
3. To renew; to re["e]stablish; as, to restore harmony among
   those who are variance.
4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.
         He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep
         for a sheep.                          --Ex. xxii. 1.
5. To make good; to make amends for.
         But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All
         losses are restored, and sorrows end. --Shak.
6. (Fine Arts)
   (a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from
       a changed condition; as, to restore a painting,
       statue, etc.
   (b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or
       mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or
       the like.
Syn: To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild;
     re["e]stablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal;
     cure.

\Re*store"\, n.
Restoration. [Obs.] --Spenser.