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restore

/ɹɪˈstoɹ/ noun C2
  1. The act of recovering data or a system from a backup. · We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.

Plural restores

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“Sir,” said he, “I am no longer able, as I had hoped, to restore you immediately to liberty; before doing so, I must consult the trial justice; what my own feeling is you already know.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 68 · C1
If at this moment the sweet voice of Renée had sounded in his ears pleading for mercy, or the fair Mercédès had entered and said, “In the name of God, I conjure you to restore me my affianced husband,” his cold and trembling hands would have signed his release; but no voice broke the stillness of the chamber, and the door was opened only by Villefort’s valet, who came to tell him that the travelling carriage was in readiness.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 85 · C1
Sawyer,” I interrupted, in obedience to a sign from my companion; “it clearly belongs to your daughter, and I am glad to be able to restore it to the rightful owner.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 51 · B2
She hastened to restore her sensations to their normal calm by inculcating a moral.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 79 · C1

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