Middle English Dictionary Entry
restōren v.
Entry Info
Forms | restōren v. Also restor(e, restori(e, restoure, restare; p. restored(e, restorit, restouret, restore; ppl. restored, restord(e & irestored, (error) irostored. |
Etymology | OF restorer, restourer & AL restorāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To repay, make restitution; restore (sth.); give back (sth. to sb., to the church), restore (the archbishopric to a town); (b) to return (sb.), bring back; restore (sb. to sb.), give back; (c) to recover (sth.), regain; also, save (sth.), rescue; (d) to impose (a penance); reinstate (a sacrament); (e) to return to a subject; ~ to, go back to (sb., a place).
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10287 : We esseþ..Þat þou suerie vpe þe bok clanliche to restore Holi churche þat þou hast him binome.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)15.5 : Þou art þat shal restoren to me myn heritage.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3412 : God..hym restored his regne and his figure.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.991 : To the ladyes he restored agayn The bones of hir freendes that were slayn.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.113 : Vnder Kenulph þe kyng it [pall] was restored [L restitutum est] to Caunterbury aȝen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.311 : Contricion..restoreth the yiftes of the holy goost.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2480 : I not hou he it mihte amende, Which takth awei for everemore The lif that he mai noght restore.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10678 : Wylt þou weyl Restore aȝen alle my katel.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2354 : Trwe mon trwe restore, Þenne þar mon drede no waþe.
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)133/3 : Ȝif þe wed be more worth þan þe dette, he oweþ to restore þe surpluys.
- (1436) Doc.Trade in BRS 766 : The whiche godes the lordes of the Kynges counsell have made to be restored unto certeyn procuratours comen fro the Contrey of Denmark.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)284/2 : With-owten restitucion iff it be in þi poure to restore, þou shalt not be forȝeven.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)66/26 : Had I restoryd, as þou tawȝtyst me, I had be sauyd to ioye.
- (1469) Will Pembroke in Antiq.439 : Item, to Restore Morgan Adam Gilbertes londes.
- (1474) RParl.6.116b : Yf Ye, Sovereigne Lord..procede not in the said Viage..all the sommes..be restored and repayed to the severall payers therof.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)165/93 : Þat xal be as I wel fende..þat blysse ffor to restore Whiche hath be lost fro oute of mende.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)15.5 : Thou ert fadire that sall restore til me, that is til my men, myn heritage that thai lost in adam.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)71/27 : Loke that thei be noȝt asoylid vn-to the tyme be that siche possession wrongefully i-gete be restorid a-yene trewly and dewly.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7789 : His nobill brether..Restorit þe stithe horse to þe stuerne prinse.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1439 : On myn half say him þat he me restare þat he haþ mystaken away, And specialiche myn barouns free.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.13.19 : More ouer forsothe I biseche ȝou for to do, that I the sonnere be restorid to ȝou.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2300 : If ye wol truste to my conseil, I shal restore yow youre doghter hool and sound.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1702 : His spirit god restored of his grace Vnto his body agayn and he awook.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3157 : I pray to þe goddis alle, Saffe and sounde þi body to restore.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1533 : It schal cost many a mannys lif Or sche ageyn restored be.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)55/11 : A-fore ere thei dide any mysdeede to the lande, thei required that Helaine myghte be restored aȝen to theime.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1527 : To Jhesu Crist þat deyed on rode I restore þe ageyn ful sadde.
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)492/36 : My peple of Jues he cothe twynne that theyr land come they never in. They on theym nowe most I myn and restoure theym agayn.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)223/24 : Nowe I schall restore the to thy body.
c
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4009 : Icholle..þoru suerd restore Al þat þi reuerye vs aþ binome & more.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 14.28 : Þe remnaunt forsoþe of þe woordis of Jeroboam..how he restorede damasc..wheþer not þese ben writen in þe booc.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.34.17 : Lord, whan þou shalt beholden, restore my soule fro þe malice doynge of hem, fro leouns myn one.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13751 : All þat was lost be fore, both Cytes, town, and toure, by strengh he con restore.
d
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1341 : Þe penance to hir sche sal restore Of þat dede þat sche went oute fore.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1511 : I restore to þe sacrament Of penauns weche þou neuere rowt.
e
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)27.149 : These grete briddes weren Agon..thanne to Nasciens Aȝen thei gonne Restore.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)29.110 : For they out of Oure Eritage we ben browht, ȝit for Evere han we it not lost, but therto Aȝen Restoren we most [F entrerons-nous].
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.1 : Now leue we þis beu brid till I restore, For mater þat my mynde is meved in now.
2.
(a) To make amends, give compensation; make good (loss, wrong, etc.), compensate for, repair; (b) to compensate (sb.); compensate (sb.) for (an injury); ~ of (to), compensate (sb.) for (damage, loss, etc.); (c) to give reward (to sb.); award (sth. to sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2953 : His sone & alle oþer schul be ȝour hole frendes, & schul restore riuedli þe reddour þat was maked.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.645 : Now comth biwreying of conseil thurgh which a man is defamed; certes vnnethe may he restore the damage.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1752 : Crist restoreth thilke lost, And boghte it with his fleissh and blod.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5794 : Y rede þou bye A man to do þy marchaundye, Þat þou mayst holde yn seruage To restore [F restorer] weyl þyn dammage.
- ?c1400(c1340) *Rolle Psalter (Sid 89)146.2 : Our lord makethe ierusalem þe cite of heuen of lyuond stones, þat is, holy men, restorande [vrr. restorand, restoring] with þem þe fallyng of aungels.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4580 : Her counseil was..þat he nat disdeyne Þe harmys don by Paris..iustly to restore.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)6621 : Yȝeue..eueriche knyȝt a þousand pound or more Ȝoure harmes to restore [Auch: astore].
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)117 : If ony man of the forseid toun be ony wise distroyed..by his fals with-holdyng that he hath doon to the merchaunt..that he and his surete of that arn beholdyn to answeryn and to restoryn.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Lover's NYG (Add 16165)46 : I hade leuer a looke..Of hir goodely eyen twoo myn haromes to restore, Þanne haue alle oþer at my wille.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)104/204 : I haue so grett hast to be man thore In þat mekest and purest virgyne; Sey here she xal restore Of ȝow aungellys þe grett Ruyne.
- a1500 Merch.& S.(Cmb Ff.2.38)132 : There as hys fadur had done pore men wronge, he restoryd hyt ageyn.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)910 : My cursyd werkys for to restore, I aske penaunce now in thys place.
b
- (1443) Doc.Trade in BRS 778 : Please it your lordschip to ordeyne..þat þe seid Richard May myght..be restored to his losses, costes, and damages.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4552 : He gaf hem fre..& restored þeym of here damage.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)350/24 : Daires..was glad..that he might..restore him agayn that he had trespassed vnto him.
- (c1460) Paston2.342 : I..may be restored of the grette hurt and losse as right and conscience requiren.
- (1461) Paston2.248 : Thei shall be restorid ayen of such wronges as thei haue had.
- (1465) Lin.DDoc.121/5 : If any man can prove that I haue had any godis of him vnrightwisly, I wol he be restored agayn.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)147/30 : I charge..that thou restore thyse twenty knyghtes..of all theire harmys.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 22.25 : I schal kepen me fro my wickidnesse, & þe lord schal restoren to me aftir my riȝtwijsnesse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)127b/a : When we comeþ to þe sabooth of endeles reste, þanne we schal haue ioye and double stoole þat schal be restorid to vs þat tyme.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deut.7.10 : Thi Lord God..ȝeldith anoon to hem that haten hym..restorynge anoon to hem that that thei disseruen.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)9/249 : Ȝif þou haue partyd with þe pore, God wyl þonke þe þer-fore And in His kyngdom þe restore Þe lyf þat lastyþ ay.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton:EETS)132/201 (f.77ra) : Whan thou comest agayn, I shal restore to the thy mede.
3.
(a) To cure (sb.), heal, return to health; reinvigorate (sb., plants, the brain, etc.), revitalize, revive; also, refresh (sb.); rectify (feebleness); (b) to return (an injured limb, etc.) to full health, heal; set or mend (a broken bone); (c) to rebuild (a building, town, etc.); also, repair (a building); (d) refl. to recover (one's strength); (e) to revive strength, reinvigorate; of strength: revive, recover; ppl. restoringe as adj.: restoring health or strength.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 8.25 : He puttide hondis on his yȝen, and he bigan for to se, and he is restorid, so that he syȝ clerely alle thingis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)137a/b : Þingis þat day hete had I-dryed..þe nyȝt dewe reparaileþ & restoreþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)308b/a : In men þat trauayleþ in loue..þe herte is open and þe spirites passeþ oute..and forto feede and restore hem, kynde bryngeþ in hete oute of þe vtter parties.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.253 : After þat bitter barke..Is a kirnelle of conforte, kynde to restore [C: restorie].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)351/20 : Who so euer be noyede of dislocacioun..and þai ben restored and it assaille hym aȝen, in thise men muscilages ben in þe ioynte.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)8/28 : Drawe vnto the Thoo vertues that moost may the restore.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)6/143 : But fyrste wille I fourme hym before, All thyng that sall hym restore.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)1/13 : God..ordeyned..how þat olde euangelik men..myȝte be restorid and haue aȝen her..strenkþis of ȝongþe.
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)360/27 : Suche wyne..restorith the brayn and reioysith the hert.
- c1475 Lydg.BC (Hrl 2251)p.133 : For more pasture I will nat stryve, Nor seche..for vitaile me to restore [Trin-C: enstore].
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)75/1338 : Mete ne drynke had he no more, His liffe that tyme to restore.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)110/18 : The infinite power of God may make an ende of freyle power of the myghty..and restore the feblenesse of the humble.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)313/2 : A Mannes nose is sumtyme to-broken..& if he be hastili holpen his nose mai be restorid aȝen.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)317/26 : It is ful hard for to restore a rib þat is to-broke.
- c1400 *Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)1076 : Þouȝ þu smyte of arm or leg, certes crist wil restore al þise as he dede malkes ere.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)120b/b : Comunelie þe braune is kit..and so þe arme loseþ his meuynge and is neuer after þat restored as he was aforne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)179a/b : Þe þrid induracioun falleþ in summe member þat is broken, þe whiche was euyl restored oþer sette of longe tyme aforne.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)141/11 : Þis herbe..restoryt flesch þer it is falle awey.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)64/24 : Þis aungell tuchyd his fute, & it was restorid agayn.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)63b/b : By sich a maner of sewynge neiþir partie of þe wounde schal be crokid, and so..þe place may þe fairer be restorid.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)118b/a : Þou muste considere..þat þe membre so y-brent or scaldid be restorid and brouȝt to his firste degre by þi power.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)22a/2 : If in þe woundes in the hede with brekyng of scull wher the wound of þe flesshe helyd or the boon wer restored, it wer incheson of dethe.
c
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6508 : He..restorede abbeis þat destrued were biuore.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 12.7 : Whi þe koueryngis ȝee restoren not of þe temple?
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.24.12 : Þei hireden of it heweres of stonys & craftis men of alle werkis, þat þei restoren [WB(2): schulden reparele; L instaurarent] þe hous of þe lord.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)42/12 : Adrian..reparailed þe citee of Ierusalem and restored þe temple and made it new agayne.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)10945 : The tempyll of god he can restore..qwylk fals phylesteyns lang be fore had brokyn doun.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)87/3 : Reymonde lette restore and arere that was destrued by the werre.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1527 : The styfe towne to Restore & so strong make..Gate masons full mony.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.204 : All his ryches in fyue partes he deuyde..The thyrde part all churches wasted to restore.
d
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9043 : The wale kyng..Restouret hym his strenght as in stuerne yowthe.
e
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)103a/a : Medycyne is made in þre maner wise, oþir dissoluynge..constreynynge..oþir restoringe [L restaurando].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)319b/b : Asse mylk is temperat and norisching and restoreþ.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)367/35 : The restorynge [*Ch.(1): resumptif; L resumptiuum] rewle forsoþe haþ þre entenciouns.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)597/22 : Many other fourmes þere ben liȝtenynge and lissing þe akþe of þe schuldres..as is þe restorynge oynement.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10399 : His strenkith restoris stithly agayn, And he fore to þe fight with a fell wyll.
4.
(a) To return (sb., mankind, the soul) to a state of grace; rectify (man's fallen state); ~ to grace; (b) ~ to (in, in-to, til, unto), to return (sb. or sth.) to (a former state, condition, etc.); (c) to reinstate (sb.) to a former position; ~ to, restore (sb.) to (his crown, kingship, a diocese); (d) ~ to, to return (sb., the soul) to possession of (sth.); -- also without obj.; also, return (sb.) to (possession of sth.); ~ of, return (sb.) to possession of (sth.); ~ unto, return (sb.) to (possession of sth.); (e) ~ to, to return (sb., a limb) to possession of (a faculty); (f) to rehabilitate (someone's reputation).
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Bi a wey (Vrn)131 : Crist may riht wel vr stat restore.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4445 : He, which wolde his mercy sende, Restorede hem to newe grace.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1596 : He thoght..to..waass þat wrang..Wit his grace to giue ham grith þat he suld restore man-kind with.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19112 : Be his fader sitt he sal, Til he restord haf us all.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)31 : Thy mercy may me restore.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)53/33 : Whanne þei weren refoormed of me in þe precious blood of my sone, I restoride hem þanne to grace.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.MG (Hnt HM 111)87 : By thee the world restored is, pardee!
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)256/36 : It was a comon repref to all women þat by on of hem all mankynd was lost and non of hem myȝthe helpe to restore it aȝeyn.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.43.27b : Schuld þou neuere haue ben saf if oure lord..hadde nouȝt diliuered þe and restored þe again.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)103/196 : The name of þe mayd ffre Is Mary þat xal Al Restore.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)832 : The egall justyse of God wyll not permytte sych a synfull wrech To be rewyvyd and restoryd ageyn.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)239 : Þis goode wyll..Ys behoueable to yche creature Iff he cast hym to restore The soule þat he hath take of cure.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4845 : The colour, which erst was pale, To Beaute thanne was restored.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)145b/a : Be he [dove] neuer so fer I-bore in to fer contrayes, alwey sche turneþ home aȝeyne ȝif sche is restored to fredom.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)147b/a : In passinge of tym he [phoenix] is..restorid in to þe kynde of a bridde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.143 : Þoruȝ þis drinke sche hath fro ȝeris olde Eson restored vn-to lusty age.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5365 : Hir lord of his grace wolde Restoren hir vn-to hir degre.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.855 : He prayed yam yat yai wald vouchesaufe to restor hym to hys fredom of ye cite.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)170 : As ofte as þou forȝeuyst to vs eny deedly synne..so ofte þou restorist vs aȝen to oure blisse bi þylk synne fro vs afore loste.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)528 : Ladi þat maist restore Hertes in Ioy from her aduersite.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)316/28 : Truly þis commyng restored vs to oure heretage.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)130/34 : All þe senewis & all þe fyngeres wer so restored on-to helth þat he myte meue hem.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)150.1 : He restorid thaim til his ymage and sett thaim in endles bliss.
- a1500 15c.Serm.Cycle(Hrl 2247:Powell)105/90 : None..shall recouere to helth withoute sum tyme..or he be restored to his first helth.
c
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.133 : Þre ȝere afterward Theodorus..restored Wilfrede to þe see of York.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.13 : At þe laste he was..excilede, but þe emperour restored hym aȝen and slouȝ his enemyes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1662 : Þus was þe toun fro tresoun purged clene..And to his regne Horestes ful restorid.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2370 : He had an hope..Þat Pirrus shuld help him and restore At his repeir.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2642 : Fro Thebes..kam doune knyghtes..Polymytes..To his Croune Iustly to restore.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)589 : Her was kyng Leir restored agayn And was mad kyng off Brittayn.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)88 : Þanne þe Werld begynnyth hym to restore; Haue he neuere so mykyl, ȝyt he wold haue more.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)53 : How bischop William monkes restore, Þai kepid cuthbert corse before.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5309 : Of þair bischop, þat lange whyle had bene fra his kirke exile, Þai herde he was restorde.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)133/32 : The towne of Callan in Ossory y-wone..he restoride O'kerolle in the Same towne.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)7/9 : Al thay that hym..he[l]pe will, Into his londe hym to restore, oure grace..haue they therto.
d
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.55b : Ȝif his broþer arre i-bore retornez..þat te broþer later boren..restori him of þe seisine.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.312 : Contricion..clenseth the soule..and restoreth it [vr. restoreþ] to alle goodes espirituels.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4233 : Of force he toke hym fre out of her hond, And to his hors restorid hym ageyn.
- (1432) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)104.5183 : The seyde suppliantz myghte wel be restored to here hulk and to the takell there of.
- (1432) RParl.4.396b : Plese to your high discretions, that the saide Oratrice myght be restorid to the seid Maner of Helston.
- (a1444) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.29 : Ye..restoryd hym a-yen to hys possession of the seide maner.
- (a1450) Pet.Chanc.in Seld.Soc.10136 : He praieth that the seid John Wayte may be compelled..to restore him of his seid godes.
- (1467) Paston2.611 : Ȝe..graunted..to restore hym..vnto hys possession of the seid maner.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8425 : Þe erthe sendiþ hir watris fro..And þe see restoreth efte Of al þat men it birefte.
e
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.7073 : Þoruȝ þe orisoun Of Daniel he restored was To mynde ageyn.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)32/20 : Whan sche was restored a-geyn to hir wittis, sche lokid on hir son.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)64b/a : Þoruȝ þe sewynge ofte tyme þei ben sowdid and þe lyme is restorid boþe to felynge and to meuynge.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)235/124 : Declare to them, thou wicked wight, who did restore thee to thy sight.
f
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)36/469 : Þe art holde to restore a-ȝen a mannes name in as miche as te maist, whan þe hast payred it.
5.
(a) To replace (sth. that is lost or destroyed), renew; reinstitute (a kingdom); renew (a battle, quarrels); (b) to repeople (the world, a land, a place); (c) to restock (a place) with animals, food, etc.; revictual (an army); bring (a legion) up to strength; (d) to substitute (sth.), replace something with (sth. else); (e) to occupy (a place or position), refill; (f) to refill (one's stomach).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 1.6 : Lord, if in this tyme schalt thou restore the kyngdom of Israel?
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.871 : Namoore may maydenhede be restored than an arm that is smyten fro the body may retourne agayn to wexe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1827 : If the pourpos holde To sle the poeple, as thei tuo wolde, Whan thei it mihte noght restore, Al Grece it scholde abegge sore.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.34 : Of the mannes Progenie..The nombre of Angles which was lore..He thoghte to restore.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)74a/b : Þe hete of þe inner & vtter membres..wastiþ & so þerto ne doþ [read: nedeþ; L debetur] continuel restauracioun to restore what is I-wastid & I-spend.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)254a/a : Aisshen of þe rynde..restoreþ and multiplieþ heer þat is y-falle.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)1658 : Wiþ þine ospring ȝet haue I Mynt restore þe folk þat sal be tynt.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2283 : Þaȝ my hede falle on þe stonez, I con not hit restore.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1079 : Hatful harm..delvist vp by malis many-fold Debatis new..And falsely quikest strives to restore.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5122 : Thy tyme thou shalt biwepe sore, The whiche never thou maist restore [F recovrer].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)138a/b : Lamfranc..restored þe speche to a lady with ficz mundatis & melle.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)37 : Þis godhed..by whos myghty vertu goynge is restored to þe lame.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)82 : Medle ache with watir..and it wole restore to þe sike þe colour þat þey hauen forlost.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)8307 : Hit shall neuer be restoryd a-geyne That he & his men haue distroyed and slayne.
- a1500(c1450) Idley Instr.(Arun 20)2.B.2716 : Nethyr in storye redd nor sayn, Maydynhed onys lost restoryd was euer ageyn.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5885 : The cuntre-men..restoret the stithe fight stuernly agayn.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1613 : This world was mad so bare, And afterward it was restored.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.87 : The world of mannes nacion Into multiplicacion Was tho restored newe ayein.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1658 : Wit þine oxspring..i haue mint Restore þe werld þat sal be tint.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)373/13 : So I schall þat steede restore, For [read: Fro] whilke þe feende fell for synne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)24/29 : Soyne after that gracyous lord..maide man, That place to be restord euen as he began.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)61/16 : Our Lorde restored His londe with newe people.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2846 : A pris place was vnder þe paleys, a park as it were, þat whilom wiþ wilde bestes was wel restored.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)14574 : Euery man his tentis restoris Off mete & drynke & other store, Wel better than thei were ore.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)431 : Restoryn, or fulfyllyn a-ȝene: Restauro.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)29b : But þe legiouns be..restored and stuffed wiþ newe werriours in here stede þat ben passed; ellis may þe oost..waxe þynne and scars.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)38 : Marcus agrippa restored his hoost and with grete strength went in to perse.
d
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)32/19 : In place of þing þat is I-lore, kynde restoriþ þat, þat is moost conuenient to þe place.
e
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)174 : Thei the same sted suld restore That he and hys felows fell fro.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12040 : He had non Ayre..his state ne his sted to restore.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)47/24 : He..wente to heuen to restoryn in party þe place where þe aungellys fyllen out.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)327 : My place to restore God hath mad a man.
f
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3013 : Þei her wit fynally applye..To fille her stomak & restore her mawe.
6.
?To reshape (cheese), restore to a solid state; ?error for rosten v.1.(e).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)320b/b : Chese y-yȝed [L vnctus] and y-restored [vrr. irostored; yrosted; L assus] is nouȝt so euel as chese wiþ many yȝen and holes, for soundnesse of substaunce is tokne of fatnesse & of moysture.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)38/39 : Hir claþis þat sho broth sal man restore þe kirke with-alle.
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