In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RESTORE
regenerate, restore, rejuvenate
(verb) return to life; get or give new life or energy; “The week at the spa restored me”
repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; “She repaired her TV set”; “Repair my shoes please”
restore, restitute
(verb) give or bring back; “Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner”
restore, reinstate, reestablish
(verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; “restore law and order”; “reestablish peace in the region”; “restore the emperor to the throne”
restore, reconstruct
(verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition; “restore the forest to its original pristine condition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
restore (third-person singular simple present restores, present participle restoring, simple past and past participle restored)
(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
(transitive) To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
(transitive) To give in place of, or as restitution for.
(transitive, computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
(transitive, music) To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
Synonyms
• See also repair
Noun
restore (plural restores)
(computing) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
Anagrams
• retroes, tresero
Source: Wiktionary
Re-store" (r*str"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + store.]
Definition: To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.
Re*store" (r*str"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restored (r-strd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Restoring.] Etym: [OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. sth fixed, firm. Cf. Restaurant, Store.]
Definition: 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 reëstablish; 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.
5. To make good; to make amends for. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored, and sorrows end. Shak.
6. (Fine Arts) (a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc. (b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like.
Syn.
– To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild; reĂ«stablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.
Re*store", n.
Definition: Restoration. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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