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Webster 1913 Edition
Restorer
Re-stor′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, restores.
Webster 1828 Edition
Restorer
RESTO'RER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
restorer
restorer
English
Noun
restorer (plural restorers)
- One who restores.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- Inside its exhibit hall, behind panes of glass, in a white-lit lab, a team of restorers works on an ancient Byzantine floor: 44 square yards of stone shards rescued from Lot’s Cave Monastery.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
Translations
one who restores
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Old French
Etymology
Verb
restorer
- to restore (to put or give back)
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Fist le rois totes les restorer
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Or ot bien Enide la perte
- De son palefroi restoree.
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of restorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | restorer | avoir restoré | |||||
| gerund | en restorant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | restorant | ||||||
| past participle | restoré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | restor | restores | restore | restorons | restorez | restorent |
| imperfect | restoroie, restoreie, restoroe, restoreve | restoroies, restoreies, restoroes, restoreves | restoroit, restoreit, restorot, restoreve | restoriiens, restoriens | restoriiez, restoriez | restoroient, restoreient, restoroent, restorevent | |
| preterite | restorai | restoras | restora | restorames | restorastes | restorerent | |
| future | restorerai | restoreras | restorera | restorerons | restoreroiz, restorereiz, restorerez | restoreront | |
| conditional | restoreroie, restorereie | restoreroies, restorereies | restoreroit, restorereit | restoreriiens, restoreriens | restoreriiez, restoreriez | restoreroient, restorereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | restor | restors | restort | restorons | restorez | restorent |
| imperfect | restorasse | restorasses | restorast | restorissons, restorissiens | restorissoiz, restorissez, restorissiez | restorassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | restore | — | restorons | restorez | — | ||