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Restore
//ɹɪˈstɔː// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
"We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed."
Verb
- 1 To reestablish, or bring back into existence. transitive
"to restore harmony among those who are at variance"
- 2 get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate wordnet
- 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 restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken wordnet
- 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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- 6 give or bring back wordnet
- 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."
- 8 bring back into original existence, use, function, or position wordnet
- 9 To recover (data, etc.) from a backup. transitive
"There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system."
- 10 return to its original or usable and functioning condition wordnet
- 11 To bring (a note) back to its original signification. transitive
- 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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