1913 edition of Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language
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return
| Return (return) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Re*turn" |
| [imp. & p.
p. Returned (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Returning.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F.
retourner] pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See
Turn.] |
To turn back; to go or come
again to the same place or condition.
To come back, or begin again, after an
interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
To speak in answer; to reply; to
respond.
To revert; to pass back into
possession.
To go back in thought, narration, or
argument.
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| Return (return) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Re*turn" |
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To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a
borrowed book, or a hired horse.
To repay; as, to return borrowed
money.
To give in requital or recompense; to
requite.
To give back in reply; as, to return
an answer; to return thanks.
To retort; to throw back; as, to
return the lie.
To report, or bring back and make
known.
To render, as an account, usually an
official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or
statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or
wounded; to return the result of an election.
Hence, to elect according to the official
report of the election officers.
To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to
an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to
return a writ.
To convey into official custody, or to a
general depository.
To bat (the ball) back
over the net.
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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| Return (return) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Re*turn" |
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The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same
place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the
return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an
anniversary.
The act of returning (transitive), or
sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment;
requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as
a book or money; a good return in tennis.
That which is returned.
The continuation in a
different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face
of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty
feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and
south.
The
rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the
proper officer or court.
An official account,
report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior
officer] as, the return of men fit for duty; the return
of the number of the sick; the return of provisions,
etc.
The
turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
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