1.  restore(v = verb.social) reconstruct - return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
Derived form noun restoration₂, noun restoration₄, noun restorer₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

2.  restore(v = verb.change) regenerate, rejuvenate - return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me"
Derived form noun restoration₂, adjective restorative₁, adjective restorative₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s; Something ----s something

3.  restore(v = verb.possession) restitute - give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"
Derived form noun restoration₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

4.  restore(v = verb.change) bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, touch on - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "Repair my shoes please"; "She repaired her TV set"
Derived form noun restoration₅
Sample sentences: The men %s the chairs

5.  restore(v = verb.social) reestablish, reinstate - bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore law and order"; "restore the emperor to the throne"
Derived form noun restoration₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  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. Dan. ix. 25. [1913 Webster]

2.  To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace. [1913 Webster]

3.  To renew; to reëstablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance. [1913 Webster]

4.  To give in place of, or as satisfaction for. [1913 Webster]

5.  To make good; to make amends for. [1913 Webster]

6.  To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc. [1913 Webster]

   Restoration. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

restore, v.tr.
1 bring back or attempt to bring back to the original state by rebuilding, repairing, repainting, emending, etc.
2 bring back to health etc.; cure.
3 give back to the original owner etc.; make restitution of.
4 reinstate; bring back to dignity or right.
5 replace; put back; bring back to a former condition.
6 make a representation of the supposed original state of (a ruin, extinct animal, etc.).
7 reinstate by conjecture (missing words in a text, missing pieces, etc.).

Derivative:
restorable adj. restorer n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF restorer f. L restaurare

VB  return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

VB  apply a remedy, doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster, drain, prevent, relieve, palliate, restore, drench with physic, bleed, cup, let blood, manicure, operate, excise, cut out, incise.

VB  return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back, render, render up, give up, let go, unclutch, disgorge, regorge, regurgitate, recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, remit, rehabilitate, repair, reinvest, revest, reinstate, redeem, recover, take back again, revest, revert.

VB  revert, turn back, regress, relapse, recoil, retreat, restore, undo, unmake, turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

VB  reproduce, restore, revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate, remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible, multiply, repeat, resurge, crop up, spring up like mushrooms.