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for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the<br />

wastepaper basket, past work &c (useless) 645.<br />

at a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs; undermined, deciduous; nodding to its<br />

fall &c (destruction) 162; tottering &c (dangerous) 665; past cure &c (hopeless) 859;<br />

fatigued &c 688; retrograde &c (retrogressive) 283; deleterious &c 649.<br />

Phr. out of the frying pan into the fire; agrescit medendo [Lat.]; what a falling off was<br />

there! [Hamlet].<br />

660. Restoration -- N. restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation,<br />

reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction &c 163; renovation,<br />

renewal; revival, revivessence † , reviviscence † ; refreshment &c 689; resuscitation,<br />

reanimation, revivification, reviction † ; Phenix; reorganization.<br />

renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence † , new birth; regeneration, regeneracy † ,<br />

regenerateness † ; palingenesis † , reconversion.<br />

redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery; convalescence; resumption, resumption;<br />

sanativeness † .<br />

recurrence &c (repetition) 104; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It].<br />

cure, recure † , sanation † ; healing &c v.; redintegration † ; rectification; instauration † .<br />

repair, reparation, remanufacture; recruiting &c v.; cicatrization; disinfection;<br />

tinkering.<br />

reaction; redemption &c (deliverance) 672; restitution &c 790; relief &c 834.<br />

tinker, cobbler; vis medicatrix &c (remedy) 662 [Obs.].<br />

curableness.<br />

V. return to the original state; recover, rally, revive; come come to, come round, come to<br />

oneself; pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again; get well, get round, get the<br />

better of, get over, get about; rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave; survive &c<br />

(outlive) 110; resume, reappear; come to, come to life again; live again, rise again.<br />

heal, skin over, cicatrize; right itself.<br />

restore, put back, place in statu quo [Lat.]; reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate,<br />

reestablish, reestate † , reinstall.<br />

reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute; reconvert; renew, renovate; regenerate;<br />

rejuvenate.<br />

redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve; rescue &c (deliver) 672.<br />

redress, recure † ; cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate; break of; bring round,<br />

set on one's legs.<br />

resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life; reproduce &c 163; warm up;<br />

reinvigorate, refresh &c 689.<br />

make whole, redintegrate † ; recoup &c 790; make good, make all square; rectify,<br />

correct; put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight; set up; put in order &c<br />

(arrange) 60; refit, recruit; fill up, fill up the ranks; reinforce.<br />

repair; put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair;<br />

retouch, refashion, botch † , vamp, tinker, cobble; do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up,<br />

vamp up; darn, finedraw † , heelpiece † ; stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen,<br />

splice, bind up wounds.<br />

Adj. restored &c v.; redivivus [Lat.], convalescent; in a fair way; none the worse;<br />

rejuvenated.

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