Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Restore \Re*store"\ (r?*st?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restored}
   (r?-st?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Restoring}.] [OE. restoren, OF.
   restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an
   unused word; cf. Gr. ???? an upright pale or stake, Skr.
   sth?vara fixed, firm. Cf. {Restaurant}, {Store}.]
   To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state
   of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to
   recover. ``To restore and to build Jerusalem.'' --Dan. ix.
   25.

         Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions.
                                                  --Prior.

         And his hand was restored whole as the other. --Mark
                                                  iii. 5.

   2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or
      taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.

            Now therefore restore the man his wife. --Gen. xx.
                                                  7.

            Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and
            regain the blissful seat.             --Milton.

            The father banished virtue shall restore. --Dryden.

   3. To renew; to re["e]stablish; as, to restore harmony among
      those who are variance.

   4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.

            He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep
            for a sheep.                          --Ex. xxii. 1.