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restore
verb
[ rɪˈstɔː ]
• bring back or re-establish (a previous right, practice, or situation).
• "order was eventually restored by riot police"
Similar:
reinstate
, put back,
replace
, bring back,
reinstitute
,
reimpose
,
reinstall
,
rehabilitate
,
re-establish
,
Opposite:
abolish
,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurare ‘rebuild, restore’.