Definition of return

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Return (n.) 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..

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Homing :: Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
Returnless :: Returnless (a.) Admitting no return.
Retort :: Retort (n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity..
Counter :: Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing..
Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food..
Postea :: Postea (n.) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record..
Resound :: Resound (n.) Return of sound; echo.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light..
Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To vie with, or rival, in return..
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..
Refit :: Refit (v. i.) To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit..
Regress :: Regress (v. i.) To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Return :: Return (n.) That which is returned.
Irremeable :: Irremeable (a.) Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way..
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Recurrency :: Recurrency (n.) The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse..
Reverse :: Reverse (v. i.) To return; to revert.
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..
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