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Return Re*turn", v. t. 1. To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse. [1913 Webster]

Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money. [1913 Webster]

3. To give in requital or recompense; to requite. [1913 Webster]

The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. --1 Kings ii. 44. [1913 Webster]

4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks. [1913 Webster]

5. To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie. [1913 Webster]

If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

6. To report, or bring back and make known. [1913 Webster]

And all the people answered together, . . . and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. --Ex. xix. 8. [1913 Webster]

7. 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. [1913 Webster]

8. Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

9. 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. [1913 Webster]

10. To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. [1913 Webster]

Instead of a ship, he should levy money, and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

11. (Tennis) To bat (the ball) back over the net. [1913 Webster]

12. (Card Playing) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club. [1913 Webster]

{To return a lead} (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led by one's partner. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To restore; requite; repay; recompense; render; remit; report. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Go or come back, get back, turn back, Restore, give back, send back, Repayment, reimbursement, remittance, payment / Recur, revert, Repay, refund, Recompense, reward, requital, repayment, restitution / Answer, reply, respond, Requite, recompense, repay, Advantage, benefit, profit, interest / Retort, recriminate, Report, communicate, tell, Official account / Revisit, come again, Render, report, remit / Send, transmit, remit, convey

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Return — Re*turn , n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] At the return of the year … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
return — re·turn 1 vt 1 a: to give (an official account or report) to a superior (as by a list or statement) return the names of all residents in the ward return a list of jurors b: to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or… … Law dictionary
Return — may refer to:* Return (architecture), the receding edge of a flat face * Return (finance), the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment * Tax return, a form submitted to taxation authorities * Carriage return, a key on an… … Wikipedia
return — vb 1 Return, revert, recur, recrudesce are comparable when they mean to go or come back (as to a person or to a place or condition). The same distinctions in implications and connotations are evident in their corresponding nouns return, reversion … New Dictionary of Synonyms
return — [ri tʉrn′] vi. [ME retournen < OFr retourner: see RE & TURN] 1. to go or come back, as to a former place, condition, practice, opinion, etc. 2. to go back in thought or speech [to return to the subject] 3. to revert to a former owner 4. to ans … English World dictionary
return — [n1] coming again acknowledgment, answer, appearance, arrival, coming, entrance, entry, homecoming, occurrence, reaction, reappearance, rebound, recoil, recoiling, recompense, recompensing, recovery, recrudescence, recurrence, reestablishment,… … New thesaurus
Return — Re*turn , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Returned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Returning}.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re re + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.] 1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition. Return to your father … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
return — ► VERB 1) come or go back to a place. 2) (return to) go back to (a particular state or activity). 3) give or send back or put back in place. 4) feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response. 5) (in tennis) hit or send (the ball)… … English terms dictionary
return to — index continue (resume), renew (begin again), reopen, resume Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
return — (izg. ritȅrn) m DEFINICIJA 1. sport, v. retern 2. inform. tipka na tipkovnici kojom se prigodom pisanja prelazi u novi red; razmaknica, enter, povratnica ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal

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