Restore Meaning
/ɹɪˈstɔː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo reestablish, or bring back into existence.
verbTo bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
Sentence Examples
How on earth can we restore our youth?
Peace-keeping troops moved in to restore calm after the battle.
The measures are intended to restore public confidence in the economy.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The volunteers worked hard to ____ the damaged park after the storm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The charity worked to ____ the wetland habitat that had been drained for agriculture decades earlier.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"and his hand was restored whole as the other"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark iii:5:
"our fortune restored after the severest afflictions"
— 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
"Now therefore restore the man his wife."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis xx:7:
"Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat."
— 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"The father banish;d virtue shall restore."
— 1697, Virgil, “Tityrus and Meliboeus”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The volunteers worked hard to ____ the damaged park after the storm.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The charity worked to ____ the wetland habitat that had been drained for agriculture decades earlier.