Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bring (a person or entity) back to a former condition; restore.
- intransitive verb To repay (property or money).
- intransitive verb To make restitution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring back to a former state; restore.
- noun That which is restored or offered in place of something, a substitute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To restore to a former state.
- noun rare That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
restore (something) to its former condition or to providerecompense for (something). - verb transitive To
refund . - noun That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb restore to a previous or better condition
- verb give or bring back
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here's my proposal: let's cash in some of our SDRs from the IMF and "restitute" our Bretton Woods gold back.
J. Bradley Jansen: Golden Opportunity for Social Security 2010
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Let us hope that the new president Obama will be able to address those many pressing global problems in an efficient and effective way - and may everybody rally behind him, at home and everywhere else in the world, to bring more peace to the world again, and may he be able to restitute America's reputation with regard to a ethical and democratic leadership.
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And there is good news on the horizon: a new art database is helping restitute work stolen by the Nazis, and Michael Jackson fans have some new images of their hero to examine.
ARTINFO: NEW YORK: Can't-Miss Gallery Openings This Week ARTINFO 2010
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And there is good news on the horizon: a new art database is helping restitute work stolen by the Nazis, and Michael Jackson fans have some new images of their hero to examine.
ARTINFO: NEW YORK: Can't-Miss Gallery Openings This Week ARTINFO 2010
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And there is good news on the horizon: a new art database is helping restitute work stolen by the Nazis, and Michael Jackson fans have some new images of their hero to examine.
ARTINFO: NEW YORK: Can't-Miss Gallery Openings This Week ARTINFO 2010
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The U.S. had promised to restitute the losses but never did.
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A decision to restitute gold requires support from an 85 percent majority of the total voting power.
J. Bradley Jansen: Golden Opportunity for Social Security 2010
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(If the IMF does not vote to restitute our gold, we should give our six month notice and unilaterally withdraw taking our gold with us.)
J. Bradley Jansen: Golden Opportunity for Social Security 2010
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They should contribute to the funds required to mitigate the environmental damages and restitute the victims of the project.
Peter Bosshard: The World's Largest Boondoggle to Be Completed 2009
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As someone who has in fact worked in museums for over a decade, I find it completely ridiculous to say that museums never restitute art.
Dina Babbitt’s plea « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog 2009
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