0 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.
Doctors have restored his sight.
The government is trying to restore public confidence in its management of the economy.
Some people are in favour of restoring capital punishment for murderers.
1 to return something or someone to an earlier condition or position, or to bring something back into existence:
2 to return something to an earlier good condition or position:
3 to make it possible for someone to have a quality or ability again that they have not had for a long time:
4 to give something that has been lost or taken, or money that is owed, back to the person it belongs to:
5 to bring back into use something that has been absent for a period of time:
We need to restore competition to the operating-system and browser markets.
restore growth/profitability
They're trying to restore the good name of the manufacturer.
Ben's hobby is restoring vintage motorcycles.
Many colonial buildings survived decolonization and have now been restored.
However, employers and unions then reached agreements which topped up provision, restoring the previously-established levels of benefit ('gap insurance').
The process of collective learning described in the previous section restored the legitimacy of democratic institutions.
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