RESTORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restore mean? 

• RESTORE (verb)
  The verb RESTORE has 5 senses:

1. return to its original or usable and functioning condition

2. return to life; get or give new life or energy

3. give or bring back

4. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

5. bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

  Familiarity information: RESTORE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTORE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they restore    ... he / she / it restores   
Past simple: restored   
Past participle: restored   
-ing form: restoring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Return to its original or usable and functioning condition

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

reconstruct; restore

Context example:

restore the forest to its original pristine condition

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Return to life; get or give new life or energy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore

Context example:

The week at the spa restored me

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"):

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

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

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 3

Meaning:

Give or bring back

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

restitute; restore

Context example:

Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner

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:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

Repair my shoes please

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"):

resole; sole (put a new sole on)

darn (repair by sewing)

heel; reheel (put a new heel on)

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

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 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

reestablish; reinstate; restore

Context example:

restore the emperor to the throne

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)

 Context examples 

Scientists are therefore exploring how to trigger the intrinsic regenerative capacity of the liver, as an alternative means to restore function.

(Regeneration mechanism discovered in mice could provide target for drugs to combat chronic liver disease, University of Cambridge)

She fainted, and was restored with extreme difficulty.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

M.D., Ph.D., and her colleagues showed that panobinostat, which blocks key histone deacetylase enzymes, could restore the DIPG histone function to a more normal state.

(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)

The chaperone restored the enzyme’s ability to gain entry into lysosomes—the cell compartment where fatty materials are broken down—and increased enzyme activity.

(Molecule may impact Gaucher, Parkinson’s disease, NIH)

Restoring the gene’s function corrected the working memory deficit.

(Schizophrenia risk gene linked to cognitive deficits in mice, National Institutes of Health)

When she came to herself, or when Miss Betsey had restored her, whichever it was, she found the latter standing at the window.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Whether FMT from a healthy donor would be as beneficial as the patient’s own fecal sample at restoring beneficial bacteria remains to be studied.

(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)

A device designed to restore the capacity of a system.

(Charger Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infections and other diseases.

(Biological response modifier therapy, NCI Dictionary)

This agent induces/restores apoptosis in cancer cells by inhibiting apoptosis suppressors in multiple members of the Bcl-2 family simultaneously.

(Obatoclax, NCI Thesaurus)