restoration English · revision 7885

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 14th century|origins=la restauro}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English restauracion, restoracioun, [[bor|fro|restoration]] and directly Late Latin [[m|la-lat|restauratio|t=a renewal]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|restauro|alt=restaurāre|t=to restore, renew]] (see [[restore]]);^(Etymonline) the form was altered under the influence of restore.^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A means of healing, a cure; the renewing of something lost: the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Middle English also had restorement and restoring.^(Etymonline) The repair of a damaged building is from the mid-15th century,^(Etymonline) and restoring to a former state from about 1500.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Of persons restored to a position it is from 1660, and of territory or things from 1663.^(OED 1989) ''The Restoration'', the re-establishment of the English monarchy under Charles II in 1660, is so called from 1718,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and as an adjective for the theatre of the period by 1842.^(Etymonline) The Bourbon restoration in France of 1814 is named from 1848.^(OED 1989) Recovery of health or consciousness is from 1760–72.^(OED 1989) A model of an extinct animal or landscape is a later sense.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – a cure.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-15th century – repairing a building.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1500 – restoring to a former state.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1718 – the Restoration.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1842 – Restoration theatre.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of [[restore|alt=restoring]], or the state of being restored, to a former condition.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something restored, such as a renovated building.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The return of something lost or taken.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(the Restoration)'' The return of the English monarchy under Charles II in 1660, or the period that followed.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[antirestoration]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[restorable]]

+ * [[restorative]]

+ * [[restore]]

+ * [[restaurant]]

+ * [[store]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}