Verb

(restor)

To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

to restore harmony among those who are at variance

He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.

To bring back to a previous condition or state.

* Bible, Mark iii. 5

and his hand was restored whole as the other

* Prior

our fortune restored after the severest afflictions

To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

* Bible, Genesis xx. 7

Now therefore restore the man his wife.

* Milton

Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.

* Dryden

The father banished virtue shall restore .

To give in place of, or as restitution for.

* Bible, Exodus xxii. 1

He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

(computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.

There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.

(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.

* Shakespeare

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.

Verb

(es)

To make (someone) rich or richer.

To adorn, ornate more richly.

To improve the state of something.

Hobbies enrich lives.

To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.

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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.

To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify