restorationn.
/ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ 1.
a. The action of restoring a person to a former state or position; the fact of being restored or reinstated; spec. the return of a monarch to a throne, a head of state to government, or a regime to power. Also with to.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [noun]
restitutiona1387
restoration?a1500
restauration1548
re-entry1566
reintegration1573
redintegration1604
restorement1618
reinvestiturea1645
reparationa1652
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement
restitutiona1387
repossession1533
restauration1548
reposition1559
reinstalment1602
renstall1630
restoration1660
reinstation1686
rehabilitation1831
reinstatement1880
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement > of a king
restauration1660
restoration1660
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > specific regimes > [noun] > in Britain
commonwealth1649
protectorate1662
the usurpation1682
Robinocracy1717
restoration1724
?a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1911) 126 369 (MED) This blessid man Job thankyd god of his excellence..And of his restoracion proud was neuer he.
1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xlvii. f. 117v Thinke not yt emongst so faire & ioyful ceremonies..any man shalbe so hardy, as to blame & reproue thy sodaine restoration to humaine shape.
1646 E. Douglas Je le Tien 14 The root of Heresies, That there is no restoration from the second death.
1660 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 30 May 51 256 The happy restoracion of his Matie to his people and Kingdomes.
1678 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 52 The joy I ought to shew for my owne restoration to His Majestys favour.
1724 D. Waterland Crit. Hist. Athanasian Creed x. §39 The Opinion..that wicked Men, and even Devils, after a certain Revolution, should have their Release and Restoration.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 374 The Armenian prince..by admitting him into his confidence, acquired a brave and faithful servant, who contributed very effectually to his restoration.
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. i. 7 While seeking your restoration, I have never neglected the facilities for flight.
1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 214 The nation without regret and without enthusiasm recognised the Lancastrian restoration.
1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 243 In the Apocalypse the restoration of man and the restoration of nature are placed side by side.
1919 Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 586 Charles's agents strove in vain to bring about his restoration.
1989 S. Bedford Jigsaw iv. 164 One could see him as a monarchist—if restoration weren't such a cause perdue in France.
2008 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 June 50/2 After the election, the lawyers returned to the streets, declaring a ‘black flag’ week to press their demand for the restoration of the judges.
b. Theology.
(a) Reinstatement in the favour of God, or to a prelapsarian state of innocence; salvation, redemption. Cf. restauration n.1 3a.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > restoration to state of innocence
restaurationc1480
restoration?1520
?1520 Vertue of Masse (de Worde) (new ed.) sig. A.i v Our bame, our tryacle helth, our medycyne Agayne goostly gladnesse our restoracyon As doctours remembre in theyr doctryne.
1610 W. Crashaw Serm. preached in London sig. B.4v When thou..art raised vp againe from that fall, (which was so dangerous and fearefull, that thy restoration is as it were another conuersion) then be mindfull of thy brethren.
1767 W. Warburton Serm. & Disc. Var. Subj. & Occasions III. vii. 158 This grace consists in a restoration to eternal life.
1825 Relig. Monitor July 66 On the supposition of Christ's fully satisfying the justice of God, grace in the restoration of sinners is destroyed.
1889 Friend 7 Dec. 146/2 Man took a voluntary part in the transgression, and we have a voluntary part to take in the restoration.
1905 J. Coutts Divine Travail in Nature, Man & Bible ix. 290 The heavens intervened for redemption, salvation and restoration.
2002 J. S. Harper in J. M. Pinson Four Views Eternal Security iv. 240 Even if we fail to appropriate such grace and commit sin, the Spirit still seeks us out to offer grace to repent and experience restoration.
(b) According to certain religious systems: the ultimate salvation of all human beings. Frequently with modifying word, as general, universal.
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1725 T. Sherlock Use & Intent Prophecy v. 123 A Method of Providence working towards the great End always in view, the general Restoration of Mankind from the Curse of the Fall.
1736 tr. M. Huber World Unmask'd 389 In order to make it speak of an universal Restoration.
1781 E. Winchester Seed of Woman 19 I shall set down such Passages as the Friends of the Universal Restoration generally bring to prove the same.
1833 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1890) I. 13 Beginning with the question respecting the person of Christ, and ending with the Universal Restoration.
1834 Dean in B. B. Edwards' Encycl. Relig. Knowl. (1851) 1018 The restoration was introduced into America about the middle of the eighteenth century.
1922 C. A. Beckwith Idea of God iii. 66 The doctrine of the future life of souls issues in a trilemma—eternal punishment of the wicked and everlasting happiness of the saved, conditional immortality, universal restoration.
2007 N. J. Hudson Becoming God iv. 140 The total restoration and deification of humanity and the entire created order.
c. With the and capital initial.
(a) British History. The re-establishment of monarchy in England with the return of Charles II in 1660, after the period of the Commonwealth; (also) the period immediately following this event. Cf. restauration n.1 3d.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement > of a king > specifically in England
restoration1668
1668 J. Ball Petition 2 Sept. in State Papers Charles II (P.R.O.: SP 29/245/150) f. 190 Yor Peticioner haueing..liued in Exile wth yor Ma.ty untill yor most happy restauracion.
1685 T. Manningham (title) A short view of the most gracious providence of God in the Restoration and Succession.
1693 J. Dennis Impartial Critick ii. 16 Beaum. But since Drinking is so unnatural a Vice, how comes it so much in fashion amongst us? Freem. Why some witty Men, they say, introduced it upon the Restoration.
1725 B. Higgons Hist. & Crit. Remarks Burnet's Hist. 98 The Restoration, a Blessing that sticks in his Gizzard.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iii. 420 The annual produce of its land and labour is..much greater at present than it was either at the restoration or at the revolution. View more context for this quotation
1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 338 For many years after the Restoration, they [sc. the Puritans] were the theme of unmeasured invective and derision.
1869 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings I. 10 The expedient by which the landowners of the Restoration freed themselves from their ancient contributions to the public revenue.
1886 Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 682 The Laudian school of divines, who at the Restoration remodelled the prayer book.
1934 C. M. MacInnes England & Slavery iii. 39 After the Restoration a great triangular trade developed between England, the West Coast of Africa and the West Indies.
2001 Times 22 Mar. ii. 3/1 Not until the Restoration did actresses appear on the English stage.
(b) French History. The restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France in 1814, following the fall of Napoleon.The punning use in quot. 1815 is taken from a report in the Journal de Paris during Napoleon's Hundred Days (after his return from exile in Elba).
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > specific regimes > [noun] > in France
reign of terror1784
ancient regime1792
ancien régime1794
terrorism1795
First Republic1800
White Terror1805
restoration1815
consulate1845
Red Terror1864
commune1871
marshalate1874
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement > of a king > specifically in France
restoration1815
1815 Times 1 Apr. 3/1 On seeing the provisions daily piled up in the kitchens of the Thuilleries, and the influx of eaters, it was easy to perceive that these gentlemen sought in the restoration, the means of well refreshing themselves (se bien restaurer).
1818 Monthly Rev. 85 App. 493 Histoire de la Guerre de la Restauration, &c.; i.e. A History of the War of the Restoration... By M. Sarrazin.
1819 H. M. Williams (title) Letters on the events which have passed in France since the Restoration in 1815.
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 49 The first ministry of the Restoration overthrown by the mere approach of the chamber.
1898 Daily News 26 Sept. 6/4 When the Restoration came in 1815,..Fleur-de-lys appeared on everything... The canezou replaced the hideous spencer.
1952 J. Plamenatz Revolutionary Movement in France v. 57 There is a resemblance here between the Restoration and the July Monarchy.
2000 P. Pilbeam in D. Laven & L. Riall Napoleon's Legacy xi. 193 New Bourbon ennoblements followed throughout the Restoration.
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a. gen. The action of restoring a thing to a former state or position; the fact of being restored or reinstated. Also with to.Theology. God's final restitution of all things to their original state of perfection: cf. sense 1b(b) and restitution n. 2a.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun]
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reparellingc1410
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redintegration1501
restoration1510
reintegration1570
resource1596
reducement1604
reinstauration1610
retrievala1643
revindication1643
retrievement1657
retrieve1658
recoveringa1660
reviction1679
retrieving1718
revulsionc1760
rehabilitation1830
1510 Courte of Sapyence (de Worde) sig. a.vi Was I not made for restoracyon Of heuenly blysse.
1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xlvii. f. 119v The great prieste whiche bare the restoration of my humaine shape..approched more and more.
1609 T. Tuke Picture True Protestant ix. 52 The ancient Prophets, & those worthy men of God, which he raised vp for the reuealing of that man of sinne, and the restoration of the truth.
1635 I.F. Serm. at Ashby De-la-zouch 13 It receiveth our bodies to make up those wounds and wants, which partly our wants, partly our wantonnesse have made in her face, and wombe; and it retaineth them for a recompense of her sufferings and losses, till in the generall restoration, it selfe be restored.
1663 R. Boyle Exper. & Consid. Colours iii Though this may be said to be rather a restoration of a body to its own colour [etc.].
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 31 The Church of England was restor'd indeed with the Restoration of the Monarchy, about four Year before.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 140 Europe dates a new æra from his restoration of the Western empire.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 173 This motion in latitude is sufficiently known if we knew the period of its restoration.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 157 That period which has been distinguished as the restoration of letters.
1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce ii. i. 110 We owe to the monks the agricultural restoration of a great part of Europe.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ii. 35 Her eyebrows had been plucked and then drawn on again at a more rakish angle, but the efforts of nature towards the restoration of the old alignment gave a blurred air to her face.
1963 G. L. Mosse Culture W. Europe in 19th & 20th Cent. ii. 36 To most Anglicans..the call for a restoration of holy water, of crucifixes, and the emphasis on the apostolic succession of bishops smacked of pseudo-Catholicism.
1974 G. Rowell Hell & Victorians iv. 74 From the time of Origen onwards such a position had often been linked with a belief in the restoration of all things as the consummation of the divine purpose.
2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 45/1 The restoration of the Byzantine Empire by extending Greek frontiers deep into Turkish Anatolia.
b. Medicine. The reduction (reduction n. 1) of a fracture or dislocation; (more fully anatomical restoration) re-establishment of the continuity of a bone, or the integrity or anatomical relationships of another part of the body, by reconstructive surgery or by natural healing. Also: an instance of this.
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?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Aiii And partyculerly Cyrurgery is deuyded in .v. That is to wit to worke in woundes, in appostumes, in sores, and in restoracyons, and in other thynges belongynge to handy operacyon.
1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. iv. ii. 38 And see that the splintes be made accordinge to the figure and quantitye of the member: bindinge it so that it remoue not, least the remouynge of the member hinder the restoration.
1706 tr. M. G. Purmann Chirurgia Curiosa 216 The Cure consists in five particulars... 3. In a reunion and Restoration of the luxated bones.
1850 F. C. Skey Operative Surg. iii. 131 If the injury be so great as to preclude a hope of restoration of the joint, nothing remains for us but to place the limb in such a position as will meet the most important services.
1851 A. Cooper Treat. Dislocations & Fractures ii. 176 A favorable opinion may be given as to the restoration of the bone by an ossific union.
1883 Med. News 668/2 The case was a compound dislocation, which had resisted all efforts, but when..a little manipulation with the fingers was applied, an unexpected restoration of the bone occurred.
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. Feb. 322/2 Restoration [of the phalanx] had not progressed completely to give the rounded contour to the tip.
1979 Clin. Orthopaedics No. 138. 111 Supination—abduction and supination—eversion ankle fractures are best treated by open reduction, anatomical restoration and stabilization of the fractures.
2005 Instructional Course Lect. 54 395 Although techniques exist for both open and closed reductions, the main difficulty remains achieving anatomic restoration of the pelvis.
c. The action of bringing back into existence; re-establishment, reinstitution; renewal.
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1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. ii. 54 The happy restoration of the Kingdom's peace.
1668 Duchess of Newcastle Grounds Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) App. v. ii. 292 They conceived, that Restoration was a reviving and re-uniting the Parts of a Dissolved Society or Creature; which Restoration was not natural, at least, not usual.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. v. 284 Considering that our Regeneration implies only the restoration of our nature.
1773 T. Leland Hist. Ireland II. iv. v. 410 The restoration of general tranquillity.
1774 J. Priestley Exper. & Observ. Air I. i. ii. 53 The restoration of air, in which candles had burned out by plants growing in it.
1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 467 The restoration of feeling [is kept up],..and, finally, the natural power of action is completely..restored.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xii. 154 She saw in this..the restoration of the old man's health and peace, and a life of tranquil happiness.
1926 Glasgow Herald 6 Aug. 8 A preliminary revalorisation [of the franc] through a restoration of confidence should first be attempted.
1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags ii. 150 A brief restoration of individual freedom of movement.
1989 Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Dec. b 1/2 An activist and savvy community demanded restoration of full service on the R8 line.
3. The action of restoring something to a person who has been previously deprived of it; return of something lost or stolen.
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the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > [noun]
restitutiona1325
restoringa1382
restorance1389
restaurancea1400
restorec1400
reddition1449
relivery1463
restorementa1500
restorative?c1500
redeliverya1513
rendering1523
return1534
redeliverance1535
rembursement1579
retribution1583
restoration1608
restoral1611
repetition1649
returnal1651
rendition1652
regift1658
retradition1875
kickback1932
1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iii. i. sig. F2 Me. Master Orator, tis not vnknowne my suit... The restoration of my lands and honours. Prat. They are confiscat.
1745 D. Noble Let. to People Great Brit. & Ireland 8 The many Favours receiv'd from the See of Rome, besides the Restoration of Church-lands.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 17 The restoration was soon made.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. i. iii. 29 He demanded the restoration of estates that his predecessors had alienated.
1922 New Outlook 16 Aug. 627/1 The Government's reasons for advocating a restoration of seniority rights to the strikers.
1969 Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 6/1 Mr. Bhogendra Jha [is] seeking restoration of jobs to all who struck for need-based wages to Central Government employees.
2007 S. J. Connolly Contested Island viii. 372 The restoration of estates to those dispossessed following Tyrone's revolt.
4. The action of restoring a person to health, consciousness, or vigour; recovery of physical strength. Also (rare) a restorative.
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the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > restoration to health
recovery1517
restorative1528
restoration1638
recuperation1703
revification1712
resuscitation1721
re-establishment1753
recruital1754
recruitment1862
recuperance1887
pickupa1916
the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun]
healingc1000
healc1175
coveringc1230
recovering1380
curinga1382
amendmenta1400
recoverancea1400
sanationc1440
refeting?a1450
mendingc1480
convalescence1490
recovery1533
amendsa1616
restoration1638
upsitting1647
convalescing1650
convalescency1651
reconvalescence1672
analepsis1749
invalescence1755
reformation1772
revalescence1823
pickupa1916
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative
resumptivea1398
comfortative1398
restorative?a1439
restaurativec1450
restaurationa1500
restoritya1500
reviver1542
comforter1563
refriscative1580
comfortive1584
analeptic1634
refective1667
recruiter1729
restoration1823
recuperator1862
reconstituent1873
1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 6 The spirits and ayre without are the chiefe causes of consumption, and the generall progresse of Nourishment is the cause of restoration.
1700 R. Blackmore Paraphr. Job xvii. 75 Alass 'tis madness to expect that Rest And Restoration, which my Friends suggest.
a1793 J. Hunter Treat. Blood, Inflammation, & Gun-shot Wounds (1794) 3 How far resistance to disease, and powers of restoration, depend on the powers of life, or simply on the powers of action, I cannot say.
1796 Brooke's Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) III. xviii. 244 During these short sentences and difficult restorations [1769–93 respirations].
1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xi. 115 Instances of restoration from a state in which the suspension of sensation,..was induced by cold.
1823 J. Simpson Ricardo the Outlaw I. 290 Every restoration was administered that the affection of Ellen could suggest.
1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board I. iii. 70 Toward the close of the voyage the eldest, whose restoration had been the principal object, died of fever.
1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances ix. 94 Feeling..in need of restoration, she..had a small port.
2002 E. Van Lustbader Veil of Thousand Tears (2003) xii. 283 ‘I thought liquor was forbidden here.’ The Deirus gave her a small smile. ‘Every V'orrn needs a bit of restoration, now and then.’
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a. The action of building up again or reconstructing; (now) spec. the process of carrying out alterations and repairs with the idea of restoring a building to something like its original form; a general renovation.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to original state > specifically of buildings
restaurationa1393
restoration1663
1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum Ded. Beseeching You to Honour, with Your Gracious Acceptance, the Restoration of that Gigantick Pile, whose dead Remains You so highly Ennobled by Your Presence.
1725 B. Marshall Chronol. Treat. Seventy Weeks Daniel p. vi The predicted Restoration of her Buildings to the condition they were in before her Destruction by the Babylonians.
1782 W. F. Mavor Geogr. Mag. 1 i. iv. 372 Since this restoration, the buildings are extremely regular.
1800 Brit. Critic Sept. 3/2 In his remarks on the restorations in New College.
1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lviii. 93 A plan whereby to erect New buildings..And throw down old, which he called restoration.
1852 J. Ruskin Let. in Times 29 Dec. 5 Under the name of ‘restoration’ the ruin of the noblest architecture and painting is constant throughout Europe.
1874 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 4) ii. 291 Unfortunately restoration generally destroys the historical value of a building.
1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 82 When the muniment-room was being removed for the purposes of restoration.
1910 E. M. Forster Howards End ii. 4 The cathedral had been ruined, absolutely ruined, by restoration; not an inch left of the original structure.
1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 69 The best restoration of a post-Wren Classical interior in London since the war is undoubtedly St. Giles-in-the-Fields.
2007 Church Times 2 Mar. 16/2 During the restoration of the Cathedral's tower and spire, the clock has been out of action.
b. The action, process, or result of restoring something (esp. a work of art or literature) to an unimpaired or perfect condition; renovation or reconstruction intended to restore something to its (supposed) original condition.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to sound, proper, or normal state
reparation1389
restaurationa1393
redressing1426
repaira1500
instaurationa1603
recovery1669
working over1695
repristination1753
restoration1765
reconditioning1800
1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. lxi Of these [passages] the restoration is only to be attempted by collation of copies or sagacity of conjecture.
1783 T. Davies Dramatic Misc. II. xxxi. 168 Mr. Colman has within these few years printed an altered Lear of his own, with many judicious restorations from the original copy.
1790 E. Malone Plays & Poems Shakspeare I. i. Pref. p. liii Two other restorations in this play I have not set down.
1800 J. Dallaway Anecd. Arts Eng. ii. iv. 279 Part of the nose, left leg, and right arm, are restorations.
1835 G. Field Chromatogr. 216 The restoration of disfigured and decayed works of art is..next in importance to their production.
1874 J. Spedding Lett. & Life Bacon VII. Pref. 4 For the passages which defy restoration, blank spaces would be left with some indication of their apparent extent.
1908 E. M. Forster Room with View ii. 35 Observe how Giotto in these frescoes—now, unhappily, ruined by restoration—is untroubled by the snares of anatomy and perspective.
1988 Organbuilder May 4/1 An interesting project was the restoration of a mutilated organ case and the building within it of a new organ.
2009 New Scientist 31 Jan. 59/1 (advt.) You will address the ecology of the restoration of plant communities and the repair and reconstruction of habitats damaged by human activities or natural phenomena.
c. A model or drawing representing the supposed original form of a ruined building, extinct animal, etc.
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society > communication > representation > [noun] > a representation > in original form
restoration1772
1772 C. Cameron Baths of Romans Explained & Illustr. Introd. p. iv The elevations and sections of the Baths, which he [sc. Palladio] has represented as in their original and perfect state, are here given ruined as they remain... By comparing..with his restorations, these authorities upon which they are founded [etc.].
1826 Q. Rev. Sept. 522 A restoration of the skeleton of the Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus.
1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. II. 29 Conjectural Restoration of the Skeleton of Plesiosaurus.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 420/1 Restorations, in Architecture, a term applied to drawings intended to show antient buildings according to their original design... In some cases the building itself will afford sufficient data for a complete restoration of it upon paper.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvii. 282 Fig. 81 represents a restoration of this extinct elephant.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 172/2 He managed..to accumulate a sufficient number of measurements and careful plans and surveys to produce a restoration of the entire building in a fine work which he published in 1764, The Ruins of the Palace of Diocletian, &c.
1955 Sci. Monthly 80 150/2 The preparation has proceeded so far that it is possible to give—for the first time—a restoration of the skeleton of a Devonian tetrapod.
1992 D. Bennett in J. W. Evans Horse Breeding & Managem. i. 30 Cope's 1887 restoration erroneously shows tall withers, and this restoration is still reproduced in many books.
d. Dentistry. The repair or replacement of damaged or missing dental tissue; an instance of this; (also) any structure or material used to accomplish this (as a crown, bridge, inlay, etc.).
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > a restoration
restoration1859
1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 429 When out of the mouth the half or the whole of the crown of a tooth may be reproduced in sponge gold; but in the mouth the operation of restoration is by no means so easy.
1880 Dental Jairus 1 201 In all cases..where direct access necessitates lesions of dentos that make compound restorations necessary.
1912 Trans. Dental Soc. State N.Y. 98/1 The ideal aim would be to make a restoration as perfect as the natural tooth or teeth in normally health condition.
1934 F. W. Frahm Princ. & Technics Full Denture Constr. xxvi. 475 The patient becomes accustomed to the supplied restoration in a few hours.
1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales x. 141 Amalgam tooth fillings or dental restorations will not usually survive the flames.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
restoration fund n.
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1832 London Lit. Gaz. 7 July 432/2 The Gentleman's Magazine for June (published July 1) contains, among others, the following Articles:—..Progress of the Lady's Chapel—Restoration Fund—St. Martin's Church, Stamford.
1898 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession iii. 204 Gov'nor's ever so fond of it, because he got up a restoration fund and had it completely rebuilt.
1978 Lancashire Life Nov. 140/1 A restoration fund has been launched to restore the decaying 15th century tower of Mitton Church, near Whalley.
2002 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 14 July 20 Reproductions of a 1907 map of Washington Park are on sale to raise money for the park's restoration fund.
restoration programme n.
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1865 N.Y. Herald 19 Aug. 4/3 This is tantamount to a declaration of war against the restoration programme of President Johnson.
1941 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 5 258/1 A nation-wide restoration program which will result in the maintenance of a maximum and well-balanced population of mallards.
1997 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory (1998) 206 A multi-million pound restoration programme..made this a fit location in which to parade that most precious of icons, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, on her ninetieth birthday.
restoration project n.
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1850 E. C. Otté & H. G. Bohn tr. A. Von Humboldt Views of Nature 432 A restoration project, which promised to be highly satisfactory to both parties, but, unfortunately for the success of the scheme, the dynasty which was to be restored and which was to pay for the restoration was wanting.
1946 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 8 Nov. 14/7 Let our Government and people unite in a restoration project to rebuild the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
2006 A. G. van der Valk Biol. Freshwater Wetlands vii. 144 The re-establishment of a prairie pothole by breaking or plugging drainage tiles that had been used to drain the wetland 50 years ago is a restoration project.
b. (Sense 1c(a)).See also Restoration comedy n.
Restoration drama n.
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1860 National Rev. July 9 We no more think of criticising the principles and conduct of this young Italian than of being severe on the Mirabels and Wildloves of the Restoration drama.
1898 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. viii. ii. 491 The glory..of this Restoration drama was not reached till long after the Restoration itself.
1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night iv. 82 Calling people names that poor Miss Lydgate didn't know existed—the worst she knows being Restoration drama.
1977 J. Aiken Last Movement vii. 130 I'd cast him as Rochester..or one of those fiends in Restoration Drama.
2002 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 42 629 Restoration drama is enmeshed in the particularities of history.
Restoration dramatist n.
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1861 National Rev. Apr. 379 She could quote the classics, and knew English literature, even to the naughty plays of the Restoration dramatists.
1912 E. Gosse Restoration Plays p. x What all the Restoration dramatists suffer from is a tendency to produce common and inadequate poetry.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IV. 113/1 William Congreve, more than any other Restoration dramatist, shaped the English comedy of manners.
2003 A. Murphy Shakespeare in Print vii. 146 The editor is particularly keen to distinguish Shakespeare's work from that of the Restoration dramatists who succeeded him.
Restoration pamphleteer n.
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1875 A. B. Grosart in A. Marvell Wks. II. p. xxiv Anything more dishonest..is scarcely to be matched outside of the vilest Restoration pamphleteer and partizan.
1995 A. Geneva Astrology & 17th Cent. Mind vii. 206 Retained as a shining symbol throughout the Interregnum, it was recalled as prophetic by Restoration pamphleteers.
Restoration wing n.
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1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain xxv. 300 The austere Tudor front, the Restoration wing, the offices built under Queen Anne.
1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep viii. 141 Nothing more modern than the Restoration wing built by Bruce of Kinross.
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Restoration Day n. [compare earlier restauration day n. at restauration n.1 Compounds] now historical the anniversary of the Stuart restoration to the English throne (29 May) in 1660; = Oak-apple Day n. at oak-apple n. Compounds.
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1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. iii. 256 One of them [sc. oaks] very remarkable for its Tallness and Straitness was set up for a May-Pole in Eye, on King Charles's Restoration Day, some Years ago.
1831 H. Smith Festivals, Games, & Amusements, Anc. & Mod. x. 151 Restoration Day, 29th of May, is only here noticed as affording another proof how long holidays and observances may survive.
1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) III. 45/2 Restoration Day—which is quite dead except for mention in the almanacks.
2003 R. Hayman Trees vii. 80 In the ensuing years Restoration Day metamorphosed into Royal Oak Day when oak springs were worn and parishes were decked in greenery.
restoration ecology n. the branch of ecology concerned with the restoration by human intervention of damaged or destroyed ecosystems; (also) the action or process of restoring ecosystems in this way.
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1984 BioScience 34 317/3 (advt.) Restoration ecology: theory and practice... A symposium.
1994 Nature Conservancy May–June 5/1 Our scientists are carrying out groundbreaking research in areas such as restoration ecology, hydrobiology and fire ecology.
2003 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Feb. d5 People who practice restoration ecology..seem happiest when they are pulling up invasive species by the roots.
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restoˈrationer n. = restorationist n.
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1823 Methodist Mag. Nov. 403 Dr. Chauncy, who was himself a restorationer, acknowledges that the word rendered eternal or everlasting, ‘is applied to the future state of the righteous, more than forty times in the New-Testament’.
1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Restorationer, a Universalist, who believes in a temporary future punishment, but in a final restoration of all to the presence and favour of God.
1939 V. Fisher Children of God i. 37 That was too much for the superstitious Martin who had been in turn a Quaker, a Universalist, a Restorationer, a Baptist and a Presbyterian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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