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restores

verb
USri-STORZ/ɹɪˈstoɹz/UKri-STAWZ/ɹɪˈstɔːz/

1 meaning of restores

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular simple present of restore.

    A good night's sleep restores her energy for the next day.

    The workshop restores damaged furniture to its original condition.

    Note

    Every meaning of restore travels in this present-tense form, and each one takes a direct object: something is always being brought back. A craftsman restores a ruined chapel, a court restores land to its owner, software restores files from a backup, and in music a sign restores a note to its original value. The common shape is restores something to a state or a person; an object is never left out.

restores is a form of restore

restore, verb: To bring something back to good condition after it has fallen into decay or ruin. Full entry

Forms
restorerestores he/she/itrestoring -ing formrestored past tense, past participle
Spelling
restore → restores: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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