Definition of return

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Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club..

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Restitution :: Restitution (v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation..
Return :: Return (n.) An answer; as, a return to one's question..
Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..
Antiperiodic :: Antiperiodic (n.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food..
Returnable :: Returnable (a.) Capable of, or admitting of, being returned..
Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..
Requite :: Requite (v. t.) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish..
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..
Return :: Return (n.) That which is returned.
Return :: Return (v. i.) To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..
Return :: Return (v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers..
Cycle :: Cycle (n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Respective :: Respective (a.) Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode..
Vengeance :: Vengeance (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge..
Money-making :: Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business..
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