Definition of return

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Return (v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse..

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Restitution :: Restitution (v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation..
Revenge :: Revenge (n.) The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Involution :: Involution (n.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy..
Quintan :: Quintan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days..
Owe :: Owe (v.) Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Counterstroke :: Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return.
Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To vie with, or rival, in return..
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise..
Reflex :: Reflex (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return..
Volley :: Volley (n.) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below..
Retroact :: Retroact (v. i.) To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective..
Counter :: Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing..
Refluent :: Refluent (a.) Flowing back; returning; ebbing.
Circulate :: Circulate (v. i.) To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body..
Pay :: Pay (n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier..
Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..
Revenge :: Revenge (v. t.) To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer..
Saving :: Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage..
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