restore

verb

1. (transitive)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.”

2. (transitive)To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.

   “and his hand was restored whole as the other”

   “our fortune restored after the severest afflictions”

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

   “Now therefore restore the man his wife.”

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

   “The father banish;d virtue shall restore.”

   “The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream.”

4. (transitive)To give in place of, or as restitution for.

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

5. (transitive)To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.

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

6. (transitive)To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
7. (obsolete)To make good; to make amends for.

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

noun

1. The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

   “We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.”