restoratively 
restoratively (re-stor'a-tiv-li), adr. In a man- 
ner or degree that tends to renew strength or 
vigor. Imp. Diet. 
restoratort (res'to-ra-tor), n. [Also restaura- 
tor; = F. restaurateur = It. ristoratore, < LL. 
restaurator, restorer, < L. restaurare, restore: 
see restore 1 .] 1. One who restores, reestab- 
lishes, or revives. 2. The keeper of an eating- 
house ; a restaurateur. Ford. (Imp. Diet.) 
restoratory (re-stor'a-to-ri), a. [< restore 1 + 
-at-ory.'} Restorative. [Rare.] Imp. Diet. 
restore 1 (re-stor'), v. t.; pret. and pp. restored, 
ppr. restoring. [Formerly also restaure; < ME. 
restore/i, < OF. restorer, restaurer, F. restaurer 
= Pr. Sp. Pg. restaurar = It. ristorare, restau- 
rare, < L. restaurare, restore, repair, rebuild, re- 
new, < re-, again, + *staurare (not used), estab- 
lish, make firm, < *staurus, fixed, = Gr. aravp6(, 
that which is firmly fixed, a pole or stake, = 
Skt. stliavara, fixed, stable, standing; as a noun, 
plants; from the root of L. stare, Skt. / sthd, 
stand : see state, stand. Cf. enstore, instore, 
store 2 .] 1. To bring back to a former and bet- 
ter state. (o) 1 
5116 
To restore to or in blood. See blood. =syn. 1 (e). To 
recover. 3 and 4. Torefund, repay. 6. To reinstate. 1. 
Return, Restore. To return a thing to its former place ; to 
restore it to its former condition ; to return what has been 
borrowed ; to restore what has been stolen ; to be restored 
to health or prosperity. 
restore 1 ! (re-stor'), n. [Also restour; < OF. re- 
stor, restour, < restorer, restore : see restore 1 , r.] 
Restoration ; restitution. 
His passage there to stay, 
Till he had made amends, and full restore 
For all the damage which he had him doeu afore. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. v. 18. 
All sports which for life's restore variety assigns. 
F. Greville (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 296). 
To 
< L. restaurare, restore : see restore 1 .] The act 
of restoring; restoration. 
Hengist, thus rid of his grand opposer, hearing gladly 
the restiiremeid of his old favourer, returns again with 
great Forces. Milton, Hist Eng., iii. 
r), n. One who or that which 
The Lord (saith Cyprian) dooth vouchsafe in manie of 
his seruants to forshew to come the restauring of his 
church, the stable quiet of our health and safeguard. 
Foxe, Acts, p. 62. 
To restore and to build Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 26. 
(b) To bring back from lapse, degeneracy, or a fallen con- 
dition to a former state. 
If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, 
restore such an one in the spirit of meekness. Gal. vi. 1. 
He stablishes the strong, restores the weak. 
Coicper, Task, ii. 34*. 
(c) To bring back to a state of health or soundness ; heal ; 
cure. 
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And 
he stretched it forth ; and it was restored whole, like as the 
other. Mat. xii. 13. 
What, hast thou been long blind and now restored} 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 76. 
(d) In the fine arts: (1) To bring back from a state of in- 
jury or decay as nearly as may be to the primitive state, 
supplying any part that may be wanting, by a careful fol- 
lowing of the original work : as, to restore a painting, a 
statue, etc. (2) To form a picture or model of, as of some- 
thing lost or mutilated : as, to restore a ruined building 
according to its original state or design. 
2. To bring back ; renew or reestablish after 
interruption. 
That all their eyes may bear those tokens home 
Of our restored love and amity. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 2. 65. 
By force to restore Laws abrogated by the Legislative 
Parlament is to conquer absolutely both them and Law 
it self e. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xix. 
A ghost of passion that no smiles restore. 
Tenni/son, Three Sonnets to a Coquette, II. 
3. To give or bring back; return to a person, 
as a specific thing which he has lost, or which 
has been taken from him and unjustly retained : 
as, to restore lost or stolen goods to the owner. 
Now therefore restore the man his wife. Gen. xx. 7. 
The kingdom shall to Israel be restored. 
Milton, P. R., ii. 36. 
4. To give in place of or as satisfaction for 
something; hence, to make amends for; com- 
pensate. 
All that money that ye haue, & I to, wyll not restore the 
wronge that your fader hathe don. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra ser.), i. 78. 
He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a 
sheep. Ex. xxii. 1. 
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend. 
All losses are restored and sorrows end. 
Shak., Sonnets, xxx. 
6. To bring or put back to a former position or 
condition ; replace ; return, as a person or thing 
to a former place. 
So did the Romaines by their armes restore many Kings 
of Asia and Affricke expulsed out of their kingdoms. 
Pttttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 206. 
Within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and 
restore thee unto thy place. Gen. xl. 13. 
Then spake Elisha unto the woman whose son he had 
restored to life. 2 Ki. viii. 1. 
Release me, and restore me to the ground. 
Tennyson, Tithouus. 
', (an extinct animal) from 
s. See restoration, 8. 8. In 
Oh great restorer of the good old stage ! 
Pope, Dunclad, iii. 205. 
Doubtless it was a fine work before the " effacing fin- 
gers" of restorers touched it 
Athenaeum, Jan. 7, 1888, p. 21. 
restorityt, . [Irreg. < restore* + -ity.~] Res- 
toration. 
Well, said Camilla, let It goe, I must Impute it to my ill 
fortune that, where I looked for restority, I found a con- 
sumption. Lyly, Euphues and his England. (Hares.) 
restourt, . See restore 1 . 
restrain (re-stran'), v. t. [< ME. restreinen, re- 
streignen, restreynen, < OF. restraindre, F. re- 
streindre= Pr. restrenher = Oat. restrenyer = Sp. 
restriHir = Pg. restringir = It. ristringere, ri- 
strignere, < L. restringere, draw back tightly, 
bind back, confine, check, restrain, restrict, < 
re-, back, + stringere, draw tight: see stringent 
and restrict. Cf. constrain and strain 2 .] If. 
To draw tight ; strain. 
A half-checked bit and a head-stall of sheep's leather 
which, being restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath 
been often burst Shak., T. of the S., iii. 2. 59. 
2. To hold back; hold in; check; confine; 
hold from action or motion, either by physical 
or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; 
hence, to repress or suppress : as, to restrain a 
horse by a bridle ; to restrain men from crimes 
and trespasses by laws ; to restrain laughter. 
Restreyne and kepe well thy tonge. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 109. 
Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature 
Gives way to in repose. Shak., Macbeth, U. 1. 8. 
Gams and pomatums shall his flight restrain, 
While clogg'd he beats his silken wings in vain. 
Pope, R. of the L., ii. 129. 
3. To abridge; restrict; hinder from liberty 
of action. 
Though they two were committed, at least restrained of 
their liberty, yet this discovered too much of the humour 
of the court. Clarendon. 
4. To limit; confine; restrict in definition. 
[Obsolete or obsolescent.] 
We do too narrowly define the power of God, restrain- 
iny it to our capacities. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, L 27. 
And here I shall not restrain righteousness to the par- 
ticular virtue of justice, ... but enlarge it according to 
the genius and strain of the book of the Proverbs. 
TOlotson, Works, I. 95. 
5. To withhold; forbear. 
Thou easiest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 
Job xv. 4. 
6f. To forbid ; prohibit. 
Restraining all manner of people to bear sail in any ves- 
sel or bottom wherein there were above five persons. 
North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 7. 
= Syn. 2. Restrain, Repress, Restrict ; stop, withhold, curb, 
bridle, coerce. Restrain and repress are genera] words for 
holding or pressing back ; restrict applies to holding back 
to a more definite degree : as, to restrain one's appetite ; 
to restrict one's self in food or to a certain diet. That 
which we restrain we keep within limits ; that which we 
restrict we keep within certain definite limits ; that which 
we repress we try to put out of existence. 
restrainable (re-stra'na-bl), a. [< restrain + 
-able."] Capabl 
restrainedly 
A park as it were 
That whilom with wilde bestes was wel restored. 
WUliamofPaleme (E. E. T. &.\ 1. 2846. 
f retarding its action, especially m the 
case f an over-exposed plate, or in order to ob- 
tain greater contrast or intensity in a naturally 
restrict 
weak plate. Acids, sodium sulphite, bromides, 
and other substances act as restrainers. 
restraining (re-stra'ning), p. a. Serving to re- 
strain or restrict in any way. (at) Binding ; as- 
tringent. 
Take hede that slippery meates be notflyrste eaten, nor 
that stiptik nor restraining meates be taken at the begyn- 
uing, as quynces, peares, and medlars. 
Sir T. Elyot, Castle of Health, fol. 45. 
(6) Hampering; restrictive. 
By degrees he acquired a certain influence over me that 
took away my liberty of mind : his praise and notice were 
more restraining than his indifference. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxxiv. 
restrainment (rf-stran'ment), n. [< restrain 
+ -men/.] The act of restraining, 
restraint (re-stranf), . [< OF. restrainte, re- 
straincte, restraint, fern, of restraint, restrainct, 
pp. of restraindre, restrain: see restrain.'] 1. 
The act of restraining, or of holding back or 
hindering from action or motion, in any man- 
ner; hindrance of any action, physical, moral, 
or mental. 
Thus it shall befall 
Him who, to worth in woman overtrusting, 
Lets her will rule ; restraint she will not brook. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 1184. 
Wherever thought is wholly wanting, or the power to 
act or forbear according to the direction of thought, there 
necessity takes place. This, in an agent capable of voli- 
tion, when the beginning or continuation of any action is 
contrary to that preference of his mind, is called compul- 
sion ; when the hindering or stopping any action is con- 
trary to his volition, it is called restraint. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. xxi. 13. 
2. The state of being repressed, curbed, or 
held back in any way; specifically, abridg- 
ment of liberty ; confinement; detention. 
I ... heartily request 
The enfranchisement of Arthur ; whose restraint 
Doth move the murmuring lips of discontent 
Shak., K. John, iv. 2. 52. 
Restraint is for the savage, the rapacious, the violent ; 
not for the just, the gentle, the benevolent 
H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 25. 
3. Repression of extravagance, exaggeration, 
or vehemence ; constraint in manner or style; 
reserve. 
She knew her distance and did angle for me, 
Madding my eagerness with her restraint. 
Shak., All's Well, v. 3. 213. 
To yonder oak within the field 
I spoke without restraint, 
And with a larger faith appeal'd 
Than Papist unto Saint 
Tennyson, Talking Oak. 
4. That which restrains, limits, hinders, or re- 
presses; a limitation, restriction, or prohibition. 
It pleaseth the eare better, & sheweth more cunning in 
the maker by following the rule of his restraint. 
Pttitenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 62. 
Say first, what cause 
Moved our grand Parents, in that happy state, 
Favour'd of heaven so highly, to fall off 
From their Creator, and transgress his will, 
For one restraint, lords of the world besides? 
MUton, P. L.,1. 32. 
Whether they (restraints\ be from God or Nature, from 
Reason or Conscience, as long as they are restraints, they 
look on them as inconsistent with their notion of liberty 
StiUingfleet, Sermons, II. iii. 
5. Restriction; limitation, as in application or 
definition. 
The positive laws which Moses gave, they were given 
for the greatest part with restraint to the land of Jewry. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iii. 11. 
6. In dynam., an absolute geometrical condi- 
tion supposed to be precisely fulfilled: thus, 
a body moving upon an unyielding surface is 
subject to a restraint. Restraint bed and chair, 
forms of apparatus used in controlling the insane, as when 
they exhibit suicidal or homicidal tendencies. = Syn. 1 and 
4. Constraint, Coercion, etc. (see force*, n.), repression, 
check, stop, curb, hold-back. 
restriall (re-stri'al), a. In her., divided bar- 
wise, palewise, and pilewise : said of the field. 
restrict (re-strikf), . t. [< L. restrictus, pp. 
of restringere, restrict, restrain: see restrain.'] 
1 . To prevent (a person or thing) from passing 
a certain limit in any kind of action ; limit ; re- 
strain. 
Neither shoulde we haue any more wherewith to vexe 
them with confessions, cares reserued, restricted, or am- 
pliated for our gaine. Foxe, Acts, etc., p. 1173, Hen. VIII. 
If the canon law had restricted itself to really spiritual 
questions, ... it U not likely that the kings would have 
been jealous of papal or archi- episcopal enactments. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 316. 
2. To attach limitations to (a proposition or 
conception), so that it shall not apply to all 
the subjects to which it would otherwise seem 
to apply: as, a restricted sense of a word. 
By restricting the omnitude or universality either of the 
subject or predicate. Sir W. Hamilton, Logic, App. iii. 
= Syn. 1. Repress, etc. (see restrain), hedge in. 
