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  1. intransitive verb To go or come back, as to an earlier condition or place.
  2. intransitive verb To revert in speech, thought, or practice.
  3. intransitive verb To revert to a former owner.
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  • Anxiously as his return was awaited at home, we have seen that his father was not without apprehension lest the presence of the naturalist, with artist, specimens, and apparatus, should be an inconvenience in the quiet parsonage. —  Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
  • Constantly thinking about having to do your return is a mental burden you can do without.
  • If you think doing the return is a hassle now, just wait until April 15 when you're scrambling to beat a deadline that's only hours away.
  • «I believe his return will be an encouragement to UMNO and will help us to rebuild the party, »
  • "I believe his return will be an encouragement to UMNO and will help us to rebuild the party," —  The Jakarta Post Breaking News
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English retornen, from Old French retourner, from Vulgar Latin *retornāre : Latin re-, re- + Latin tornāre, to turn in a lathe; see turn.

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  1. from Middle English returnen, retornen, retournen, from Old French returner, retorner, retourner, French retourner = Provencal Spanish Portuguese retornar = Italian ritornare, from Middle Latin retornare, turn back, return, from Latin re-, back, + tornare, turn: see turn.
  2. from Middle English return; cf. Old French retor, retur, retour, French retour = Provencal retorn = Spanish Portuguese retorno = Italian ritorno; from the verb: see return, v., and cf. retour.
  3. from re- + turn.
 

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