Read full poem →Have I no harvest but a thorn
To let me bloud, and not restore
What I have lost with cordiall fruit?
Dictionary Entry
restore
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɹɪˈstɔː/Word FrequencyCommon (5.3)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
In a Sentence
“We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.”
Published Usage Examples
“_restore_ me -- brain, heart, soul, spirit, body, every fibre of my nature -- to restore me perfectly, to conform me wholly to the image of His Son.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
Latin 'restaurare' meaning to renew, rebuild.
Common Phrases
order restorerestore help
Poetry examples for “restore”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And try who shall victorious prove.
If thou dost give me wealth, I will restore
All back unto thee by the poor.
Read full poem →Was gifted with the wondrous powers,
Lost vision to restore.
It gave new strength, and fearless mood;
Read full poem →The groaning earth in travail and in pain
Brings forth its races, but does not restore,
And the dead nations never rise again.
