restorer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹə(ɹ)
Noun
restorer (plural restorers)
- Something or someone that restores.
- 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62:
- Slightly mesmerized by this accomplishment, Rita asked, "Are you a chair mender?" "I'm the best carver, joiner, and expert furniture restorer in this country. So what about it?" "If you really are a good restorer - you'll have to wait a minute, though. I'm only looking after the place for the owner at present. I'll have to consult her."
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- Inside its exhibit hall, behind panes of glass, in a white-lit lab, a team of restorers works on an ancient Byzantine floor: 44 square yards of stone shards rescued from Lot’s Cave Monastery.
Derived terms
Translations
one who restores
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Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēstaurō, rēstaurāre.
Verb
restorer
- to restore (to put or give back)
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Fist le rois totes les restorer
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Or ot bien Enide la perte
De son palefroi restoree.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of restorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | restorer | avoir restoré | |||||
| gerund | en restorant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | restorant | ||||||
| past participle | restoré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | restor | restores | restore | restorons | restorez | restorent |
| imperfect | restoroie, restoreie, restoroe, restoreve | restoroies, restoreies, restoroes, restoreves | restoroit, restoreit, restorot, restoreve | restoriiens, restoriens | restoriiez, restoriez | restoroient, restoreient, restoroent, restorevent | |
| preterite | restorai | restoras | restora | restorames | restorastes | restorerent | |
| future | restorerai | restoreras | restorera | restorerons | restoreroiz, restorereiz, restorerez | restoreront | |
| conditional | restoreroie, restorereie | restoreroies, restorereies | restoreroit, restorereit | restoreriiens, restoreriens | restoreriiez, restoreriez | restoreroient, restorereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | restor | restors | restort | restorons | restorez | restorent |
| imperfect | restorasse | restorasses | restorast | restorissons, restorissiens | restorissoiz, restorissez, restorissiez | restorassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | restore | — | restorons | restorez | — | ||