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n. [ L. See Castor. ] A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.
Syn. -- apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, dispensary, pharmacy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Instaurate. ] To restore. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Instaurate, Store. ] To store up; to inclose; to contain. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To overstock. Sir. M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Restored p. pr. & vb. n. Restoring. ] [ OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. stayro`s an upright pale or stake, Skr. sthāvara fixed, firm. Cf. Restaurant, Store. ] To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover. “To restore and to build Jerusalem.” Dan. ix. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

And his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark iii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now therefore restore the man his wife. Gen. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loss of Eden, till one greater man
Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The father banished virtue shall restore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Ex. xxii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make good; to make amends for. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored, and sorrows end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Fine Arts) (a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc. (b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild; reestablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Restoration. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + store. ] To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Restoration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, restores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions, supplies, fr. estorer to store. See Store, v. t. ] 1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ships are fraught with store of victuals. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

With store of ladies, whose bright eyes
Rain influence, and give the prize. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop. [ U.S. & British Colonies ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family. [ 1913 Webster ]

His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In store, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in a state of readiness. “I have better news in store for thee.” Shak. --
Store clothes, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in distinction from that which is home-made. [ Colloq. U.S. ] --
Store pay, payment for goods or work in articles from a shop or store, instead of money. [ U.S. ] --
To set store by, to value greatly; to have a high appreciation of. --
To tell no store of, to make no account of; to consider of no importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation; provision. -- Store, Shop. The English call the place where goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a shop, and confine the word store to its original meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are stored. In America the word store is applied to all places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In some British colonies the word store is used as in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account of empty boxes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sulphurous and nitrous foam, . . .
Concocted and adjusted, they reduced
To blackest grain, and into store conveyed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accumulated; hoarded. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stored p. pr. & vb. n. Storing. ] [ OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. Instore, Instaurate, Restore, Story a floor. ] 1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dora stored what little she could save. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her mind with thousand virtues stored. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is charged with stored virtue. Bagehot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians. Gen. xli. 56. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Scripture of God is a storehouse abounding with estimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mass or quality laid up. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who keeps a “store;” a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lays up or forms a store. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

. a retail store selling a wide variety of items, especially of low price, as in a five and ten. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. warnesture, garnesture, provisions, supplies, and E. garnish. ] To furnish. [ Obs. ] “To warnstore your house.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]