Definition of return

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Return (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie..

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Mutuary :: Mutuary (n.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind..
Reviction :: Reviction (n.) Return to life.
Return :: Return (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc..
Ebb :: Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb..
Saving :: Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage..
Postea :: Postea (n.) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record..
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise..
Remigrate :: Remigrate (v. i.) To migrate again; to go back; to return.
Regreet :: Regreet (v. t.) To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository..
Returnless :: Returnless (a.) Admitting no return.
Abjuration :: Abjuration (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return..
Home-coming :: Home-coming (n.) Return home.
Yield :: Yield (v. t.) To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent..
Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..
Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..
Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..
Reply :: Reply (v. t.) To return for an answer.
Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..
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