Restore

//ɹɪˈstɔː// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

    "We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed."

Verb
  1. 1
    To reestablish, or bring back into existence. transitive

    "to restore harmony among those who are at variance"

  2. 2
    get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate wordnet
  3. 3
    To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin. transitive

    "and his hand was restored whole as the other"

  4. 4
    restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken wordnet
  5. 5
    To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace. transitive

    "Now therefore restore the man his wife."

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  1. 6
    give or bring back wordnet
  2. 7
    To give in place of, or as restitution for. transitive

    "He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep."

  3. 8
    bring back into original existence, use, function, or position wordnet
  4. 9
    To recover (data, etc.) from a backup. transitive

    "There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system."

  5. 10
    return to its original or usable and functioning condition wordnet
  6. 11
    To bring (a note) back to its original signification. transitive
  7. 12
    To make good; to make amends for. obsolete

    "But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored, and sorrows end."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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