Definition of return

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Return (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again..

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Orientation :: Orientation (n.) Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
Reform :: Reform (v. i.) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform..
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse..
Counter :: Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore.
Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ..
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
Quarterly :: Quarterly (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly..
Heal :: Heal (v. i.) To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over..
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Pay :: Pay (v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays..
Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
Annual :: Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Decompose :: Decompose (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.
Sympode :: Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth..
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response..
Sublimate :: Sublimate (v. t.) To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor..
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