restore

verb [T]

/rɪˈstɔːr/

/-ˈstɔːr/

Definition

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2. Practise

B2 to return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position: The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored. After a week in bed, she was fully restored to health (= she felt healthy again). The former leader was today restored to power in the first free elections for 20 years.Restoring and reviving C1 If you restore a quality or ability that someone has not had for a long time, you make it possible for them to have that quality or ability again: Doctors have restored his sight. The government is trying to restore public confidence in its management of the economy.Restoring and reviving › to bring back into use something that has been absent for a period of time: Some people are in favour of restoring capital punishment for murderers.Restoring and reviving › formal to give something that has been lost or stolen back to the person it belongs to: The painting was restored to its rightful owner.Giving, bringing or getting back

(Definition of restore verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)