restore
Other forms: restored; restoring; restores
If you restore furniture for a living, you clean and repair it to bring it back to its original beauty.
When you restore something, you are simply bringing it back to what it once was. You are not making it better, nor are you adding something that wasn't there. You can restore a damaged reputation, your health, or an old house, though the latter may be easiest of those three to accomplish. If the electricity goes out, you will have to sit in the dark until the power is restored.
Definitions of restore
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bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
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return to its original or usable and functioning condition“restore the forest to its original pristine condition”
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synonyms:
reconstruct
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decompress, uncompress
restore to its uncompressed form
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rehabilitate
help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
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rehabilitate
restore to a state of good condition or operation
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defibrillate
stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
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reinstate
restore to the previous state or rank
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rehabilitate
reinstall politically
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regenerate, renew
reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
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restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
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Antonyms:
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break, bust
ruin completely
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break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear out
go to pieces
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fiddle, tinker
try to fix or mend
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fill
plug with a substance
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patch, piece
repair by adding pieces
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cobble
repair or mend
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point, repoint
repair the joints of bricks
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trouble-shoot, troubleshoot
solve problems
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patch, patch up
mend by putting a patch on
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resole, sole
put a new sole on
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revamp, vamp
provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
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heel, reheel
put a new heel on
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darn
repair by sewing
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close, fill up
fill or stop up
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ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
to make better
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break, bust
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return to life; get or give new life or energy“The week at the spa restored me”
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regenerate, rejuvenate
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reincarnate, renew
cause to appear in a new form
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resurrect, revive
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
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republish
revive (a cancelled will or a libel)
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regenerate, renew
reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
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reincarnate, renew
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give or bring back
Pronunciation
US
/rɪˈstɔr/
UK
/rɪˈstɔ/
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