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RESTORE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Return to life; get or give new life or energy

Example:

The week at the spa restored me

Synonyms:

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):

reincarnate; renew (cause to appear in a new form)

resurrect; revive (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

restoration (the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state)

restorative (promoting recuperation)

restorative (tending to impart new life and vigor to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

Example:

Repair my shoes please

Synonyms:

bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):

darn (repair by sewing)

heel; reheel (put a new heel on)

revamp; vamp (provide (a shoe) with a new vamp)

resole; sole (put a new sole on)

patch; patch up (mend by putting a patch on)

trouble-shoot; troubleshoot (solve problems)

point; repoint (repair the joints of bricks)

cobble (repair or mend)

patch; piece (repair by adding pieces)

fill (plug with a substance)

fiddle; tinker (try to fix or mend)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men restore the chairs

Derivation:

restoration (some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give or bring back

Example:

Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner

Synonyms:

restitute; restore

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):

give back; refund; repay; return (pay back)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

restoration (getting something back again)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

Example:

restore the emperor to the throne

Synonyms:

reestablish; reinstate; restore

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):

redeem (restore the honor or worth of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

Restoration (the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Return to its original or usable and functioning condition

Example:

restore the forest to its original pristine condition

Synonyms:

reconstruct; restore

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):

decompress; uncompress (restore to its uncompressed form)

rehabilitate (help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute)

rehabilitate (restore to a state of good condition or operation)

defibrillate (stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks)

reinstate (restore to the previous state or rank)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

restoration (the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state)

restoration (the state of being restored to its former good condition)

restorer (a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Great applause as Mr. Weller deposited a little key on the table and subsided, the warming pan clashed and waved wildly, and it was some time before order could be restored.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Pharmaceutical chaperones may help stabilize the protein structure thereby restoring folding and/or preventing misfolding of the protein.

(Pharmacological Chaperone, NCI Thesaurus)

Wolf Larsen was unconscious, but it was a matter of minutes for the fresh air to restore him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Treatments include medicines and procedures to restore normal rhythm.

(Atrial Fibrillation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Perhaps a little water would restore her.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The use of exercises and physical activities to help condition muscles and restore strength and movement.

(Physical therapy, NCI Dictionary)

More than former happiness would be restored.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

This may restore immune function through the activation both of T-cells and cell-mediated immune responses against PD-1 overexpressing tumor cells.

(Anti-PD-1 Monoclonal Antibody AMP-514, NCI Thesaurus)

An operation that restores or improves the appearance of body structures.

(Plastic surgery, NCI Dictionary)

In both chemotherapy- and radiation therapy-induced animal models of myelosuppression, this agent has been shown to restore granulocyte, erythrocyte, and platelet counts to normal levels.

(Plant-Derived Hematopoiesis Enhancer PG2, NCI Thesaurus)