restore

Etymology

From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre, equivalent to re- + store.

verb

1. (transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
   to restore harmony among those who are at variance
   He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
2. (transitive) To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
   our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
3. (transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
4. (transitive) To give in place of, or as restitution for.
5. (transitive, computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
   There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
6. (transitive, music) To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
7. (obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.

noun

1. (computing) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
   We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.