Restore

Definitions: Restore

Restore

Verb

1. Return to its original condition.

2. Return to life; get or give new life or energy.

3. Give, bring, or hand back.

4. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please".

5. Bring back into its original existence or use; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "restore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Restore

Remedy

Verb: apply a remedy; Noun: doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster; drain; prevent; relieve; palliate; restore; drench with physic; bleed, cup, let blood; manicure.

Reproduction

Verb: reproduce; restore; revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate; remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible; multiply, repeat; resurge.

Restitution

Verb: return, restore; give back, carry back, bring back; render, render up; give up; let go, unclutch; disgorge, regorge; regurgitate; recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify; remit, rehabilitate; repair; (make good).

Reversion

Verb: revert, turn back, regress; relapse; recoil; retreat; restore; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

Crosswords: Restore

Now I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence that you have heard, come to a decision, and restore this man to his family. (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

I heard that you were feeling ill Headache, fever, and a chill I came to help restore your pluck 'Cause I'm the nurse who likes to - (Ferris Bueller's Day Off; writing credit: John Hughes)

We restore peace of mind. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami)

They will restore me to life you now rob from me! (Maschera del demonio, La; writing credit: Mario Bava; Ennio De Concini)

To restore my soul again. (My Father's Eyes; performing artist: Eric Clapton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Awakening the Spine: The Stress-Free Yoga That Works With the Body to Restore Health, Vitality and Energy (reference)

• How to Restore Your Collector Car (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• How To Polish and Restore Marble Vanity and Furniture Tops (reference)

• Restore Your Own Shake Roof! (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• A War To Restore (reference)

• Restore (reference)

• Windham Hill Meditation: Restore (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Easy Restore 3.0 (50-PC Workstation Pack) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Volunteers with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay work to restore underwater seagrass beds near Solomons Island.Credit: America's Coastlines.

Vegetation in the water and around the creek. The restoration will eradicate the invasive Phragmites australis and restore the area with a diverse set of native wetland plants.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Hamm Creek, a Coastal America project to restore salmon spawning habitat.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Contractors use deep plows to try to restore fetility to flood-damaged cropland.Credit: Charlie Rahm.

142 Cubic feet were removed from the Omak Creek watershed in order to restore fish habitat. Omak, Washington.Credit: Gary Wilson.

Ranchers in the Salmon Model Watershed are converting flood irrigation systems to sprinkler irrigation systems in efforts to restore the Lemhi River to its former status as prime salmon habitat. A wheel line sprinkler system like this one gives farmers be.Credit: Joel McNee.

Restored wetland in northern California. Landowners used the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Wetlands Reserve Program to restore this wetland area.Credit: Gary Kramer.

NRCS conservationists and conservation partners worked with a landowner to restore Long Lake in eastern South Dakota. Higher than normal rainfall during the 1990s increased the inflow into the lake which in turn raised the lake's water level. The incre.Credit: Don Poggensee.

Conservationist in Sunflower County, Mississippi discuss a landowner's plan to restore wetlands adn grasslands among cotton fields to improve water quality and wildlife habitat.Credit: Lynn Betts.

"BLM employee Chuck Fairchild helps restore an interpretation sign".Credit: Saundra Miles.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We will immediately restore all hostages and charters delivered to us by Englishmen, as sureties of the peace of faithful service. (reference)

He that forces my horse from me, ought presently to restore him, and I have still a right to retake him. (Second Treatise of Government)

They direct their attacks not against the bourgeois conditions of production, but against the instruments of production themselves; they destroy imported wares that compete with their labour, they smash to pieces machinery, they set factories ablaze, they seek to restore by force the vanished status of the workman of the Middle Ages. (reference)

The German Government shall without delay restore to AlsaceLorrainers (individuals, juridical persons and public institutions) all property, rights and interests belonging to them on November 11, 1918, in so far as these are situated in German territory. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

France having restored (r)el rey neto in Spain, could certainly restore the absolute monarchy at home.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Laser photocoagulation usually does not restore lost vision. (references)

Ayurveda strives to restore the innate harmony of the individual. (references)

However, surgery cannot usually restore potency that was lost before the operation. (references)

Business

The Government continued to restore Buddhist sites, many of which were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. (references)

The Brazilian transportation matrix is undergoing a reorganization to restore confidence in the infrastructure of this sector. (references)

The long-term objective is to restore the river ecology on its upper reaches and meet Grade 3 ground water quality index standards in ten years. (references)

Civil Liberties

Monaco

Only the Prince can grant or restore nationality, but he is obliged by the Constitution to consult the Crown Council on each case before deciding. (references)

Pakistan

Hundreds of party workers affiliated with the Alliance to Restore Democracy were arrested in Karachi in an attempt to prevent a political rally on May 1. Most were released after several days of detention. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

In March the police SSU fired shots to restore order during a conflict between a security company hired by a land development firm and local protesters demonstrating against a resort project under development in Canouan. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

Kenan Evren, moved successfully to restore public order. (references)

Argentina

That process along with efforts to restore growth continues to dominate economic policy-making. (references)

The Bahamas

The primary purpose of the trips was to restore the reputation of The Bahamas in these markets. (references)

Human Rights

Nigeria

The army was called out to restore order. (references)

Sri Lanka

Violence after the killings continued for almost 1 week before police were able to restore order. (references)

Chad

Once central authorities became aware of the incident, the central Government tried to restore peace. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

Police shot into the air after they were called in to restore order. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

A government representative helped to restore calm and no arrests were made. (references)

Nigeria

State authorities quickly called in the military to restore order, but tensions in Tafawa Balewa continued at year's end. (references)

Political Economy

GHANA

The new government took immediate steps to restore macroeconomic stability. (references)

Somalia

At year's end, the TNG was attempting to restore salaries and to continue the demobilization process. (references)

Somalia

Also in 2000, the TNG began recruiting for a new 4,000-officer police force to restore order in Mogadishu. (references)

Political Rights

Bahrain

In February an overwhelming majority of eligible citizens (98.4 percent), both male and female, endorsed a government plan, the National Action Charter, to restore constitutional rule. (references)

Pakistan

Between March 20 and 23, police detained 253 senior leaders and workers of the Alliance to Restore Democracy (ARD) to prevent them from attending an opposition rally in Lahore scheduled for March 23 (Pakistan Day). (references)

Trade

Venezuela

Significant foreign presence in the Venezuelan financial sector is credited with helping to restore confidence in the banking sector. (references)

Women

Pakistan

While the tradition of killing those suspected of illicit sexual relations in so-called "honor killings," in order to restore tribal or family honor, applies equally to offending men and women, women are far more likely to be killed than men. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "restore": mean time to restore ♦ restore a king to the throne ♦ restore equilibrium ♦ restore harmony ♦ restore peace ♦ restore smb. to liberty ♦ restore smb. to life ♦ restore to health ♦ restore to life ♦ restore to power ♦ restore to the throne ♦ system restore time ♦ to restore ♦ to restore a page ♦ to restore characters. Additional references.

Ending with "restore": save-and-restore.

Albanian

restauroj (do up, re establish, reclaim, rehabilitate, renew), kthej (bandy, bend, bow, bring back, convert, disgorge, fold in, give back, head off, lift down, replace, return, slew, throw back, transform, transit, turn, turn aside, turn down). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نعش الأدب, ‏تقوى (be strengthened, brace up, devotion, piety, piousness, religiosity, religiousness), ‏عوض (atone, indemnity, make, make amends, make up, make up for, offset, recompense, recoup, recuperate, redeem, reimburse, remunerate, requital, retrieve, satisfy, setoff, substitute), ‏جدد (freshen, furbish, innovate, modernize, reawaken, recondition, redeem, refurbish, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, retrieve), ‏إسترجع (call, retrieve), ‏أحيا (enliven, inspirit, renovate, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive), ‏أعاد ملكا إلى العرش, ‏أعاد العرش, ‏أعاد (bring round, carry back, get back, give back, go over, iterate, keep, push out, put back, reestablish, remit, repay, repeat, resit, restart, return, revert, send back, take back, throw back), ‏رمم (furbish, mend, patch, recondition, reconstructed, redeem, refit, refurbish, refurbishment, rehabilitate, renovate, repair, revamp), ‏شفى (cure, fix, get better, get over, get well, heal, mend, pull round, recover, recuperate, set up, skin). (various references)

Bulgarian 

реставрирам (renovate), реконструирам (reconstitute, reconstruct, remodel, reshuffle), възстановявам (fix up, furbish, get better, give back, make good, mend, re establish, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, reedify, re-enact, regenerate, reinstate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify), връщам (give back, hand back, head back, pay back, put back, recall, reimburse, repay, return, roll back, send back, take back, turn in), подновявам (do up, furbish, novelise, novelize, redintegrate, refurbish, renew, renovate, reopen, reproduce, resume, revamp, take up, vamp). (various references)

Chinese 

恢復原狀 , 恢复 (recover, recovered, recovering, recuperate, Recuperated, Recuperating, recuperation, Restoration, Re-store, restored, Restoring, revert, Reverted, reverting), 復興 . (various references)

Czech

restaurovat, renovovat (renovate), vrátit (counter, give back, hand back, put back, remit, repay, retrieve, return, take back, turn back), uzdravit (cure, reinstate), obnovit (give back, re establish, rebuild, redintegrate, regenerate, reinstate, renew, renovate, reproduce, resume, retrieve, revamp, revive, rub up). (various references)

Danish

restaurere (to restore), udfaldsvarighed (system restore time), skulle oliens naturlige tryk i produktionsforingsroeret falde,benyttes enten pumpemetoden eller den saakaldte injektionstrykmetode,som bestaar i,at man leder de gasarter,som er fulgt med op,tilbage (by re-injection into the reservoir of the gas produced with the oil, if the reservoir pressure falls, there are two basic methods of producing the oil:firstly by pumping the oil out;and secondly, to restore pressure), middelfejlretningstid (mean time to restore), genopmale beskadiget maling (to restore disturbed paintwork, to restore protective coating), gendannelse af tegn (to restore characters), gendannelse af en side (to restore a page), gendanne tegn (to restore characters), gendanne en side (to restore a page), at slette (to clear, to reset, to restore), at hæve (to restore), at åbne (to open, to restore). (various references)

Dutch

restaureren (to restore), wanneer de natuurlijke druk van de olie in de stijgbuis daalt,dan wordt de pompmethode gebruikt of de z.g.injectie-druk-methode die bestaat uit het weer injecteren van de gassen die spontaan zijn vrijgekomen (by re-injection into the reservoir of the gas produced with the oil, if the reservoir pressure falls, there are two basic methods of producing the oil:firstly by pumping the oil out;and secondly, to restore pressure), uitvalsduur (system restore time), terugstellen (to clear, to reset, to restore), tekens herstellen (to restore characters), opnieuw instellen (to clear, to reset, to restore), opheffen van de blokkeringen tegen inschakeling (to restore), gerepareerde delen bijwerken (to restore disturbed paintwork, to restore protective coating), gemiddelde initiatietijd (mean time to restore), een pagina herstellen (to restore a page), bijverven na reparatie (to restore disturbed paintwork, to restore protective coating), afdruk-herstartcode (print restore code). (various references)

Farsi 

پس دادن (Excrete, Giveback, Refund, Repay, Retort), تعمیرکردن (Imp, Mend, Patch, Refashion, Refit, Rehash, Remodel, Renovate, Repair, Tinker, Vamp), اعاده دادن (Remand, Revert), بحال اول برگرداندن , بازدادن . (various references)

Finnish

toimittaa takaisin (return), saattaa entiselleen (re-establish), saattaa ennalleen, palauttaa ennalleen (reestablish), palauttaa (return, send back), entistää, elvyttää (animate, enliven, quicken, resuscitate, revive, stimulate), asettaa entiselleen. (various references)

French

restituer (recompense, return), restaurer (re establish, repair), rendre (reciprocate, regurgitate, render, render up, repay, return), remettre à neuf (recondition, refurbish, renovate), rétablir (re establish, reinstate, resettle, retrieve), réparer (redeem, redress, refit, renovate, repair, retrieve), rénover (recondition, redecorate, redeem, redevelop, renovate, repair), réhabiliter (re establish, rehabilitate), se restaurer. (various references)

German

wiederherstellen (cure, heal, re establish, rebuild, reconstitute, recover, redress, remedy, renew, to reconstitute, to reconstruct, to refit, undelete). (various references)

Greek 

αποκαθιστώ (recondition, redintegrate, rehabilitate, reinstate, remedy, restitute, settle). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשקם (re educate, reconstruct, rehabilitate), לשחזר (recapture, reconstruct, reproduce), לקומם (erect, raise against, re construct, re establish, rouse, set up), להשיב לקודמו, להשיב על כנו (reestablish), להשיב (answer, reply, return), להחזיר לקדמותו (undo), להחזיר (bring back, get back, give back, put back, recall, recover, repay, return). (various references)

Hungarian

visszaad (give back, hand back, return, throw up, to disgorge, to give back, to hand back, to reflect, to reproduce, to return), visszaállít (redintegrate, to set back), helyreállít (do up, re establish, reconstruct, redress, renovate, to accommodate, to put in repair, to recondition, to recruit, to refit, to renovate, to right, to set sg to rights). (various references)

Indonesian

memulihkan (recover), memperbaiki (ameliorate, amend, corrective, emend, improve, improve upon, recondition, redo, revise). (various references)

Italian

ristrutturare (do up, remodel, renovate, restructure), ristabilire (get well again, re establish, recover, reinstate, right, settle again), risanare (cure, reclaim, reorganise, reorganize), ripristinare (re establish, recondition, renew), rinfrescare (cool, cool down, do up, freshen, refresh, refreshen up), rimettere (consign, defer, deliver, forgive, leave, put again, recover, remit, replace, re-run, return, ruin), rigenerare (regenerate, retread), restituire (give, give back, pay back, refund, regive, reimburse, repay, return), restaurare (renovate, repair), rendere (fetch, get results, give, give back, make, pay, produce, render, repay, return, send, to make, yield), sanare (correct, cure, heal, put right, rehabilitate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

リサジューの図形 (fracture, Lissajous's figure, list, list broker, listing, lithograph, lizard, lizardman, lysine, reconstruction, reject, reserve, restart, restructure, restructuring, result, resurrection, RISC, risk, risk control, risk factor, risk finance, squirrel, wrist, wristband). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リストア . (various references)

Korean 

복구 (Re-store, Restoring, retrieval). (various references)

Manx

cur er bun reesht (reincorporate), cur er ash (disgorge, give back, reinstate, reinstatement, remand, replacement, send back), aachouyral. (various references)

Pig Latin

estoreray

Portuguese

revigorar (freshen, invigorate, nerve gas, pep talk, refresh), restaurar (bring through, freshen, furcate, make up, re establish, realign, recondition, reconstruct, recover, redintegrate, repair, reproduce, retrieve, rub up), restabelecer (re establish, recuperate, redintegrate, reinstate, reset, resettle, retrieve), reparar (atone, Cooper, make up, mend, observe, recompense, recondition, redress, refit, regard, remark, remedy, renovate, repair, satisfy, touch upon), renovar (bud, furbish, modernize, recondition, refit, refurbish, renew, renovate, update), recuperar (reclaim, recover, recuperate, redeem, regain, resume, retrieve), reconstituir (reconstitute), curar (bring through, cure, get on, get on in years, heal, medicate, remedy, smoke, treat), consertar (clout, Cooper, darn, doctor's office, fix, fix up, make up, mend, nibble, patch, patch up, patchouli, recondition, refit, renovate, repair, revamp, vamp). (various references)

Romanian

restitui (deliver up, give back, pay back, refund, render, replace, return), restaura (rehabilitate, renovate), restabili (piece up, re establish, recover, recruit, redintegrate, redress, rehabilitate, reinstate, reintroduce, reseat, reset, resettle, retrieve), repune în drepturi, renova (do, recondition, renew, renovate, repair), reface (change, do over, do up, re establish, rebuild, recast, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, recruit, redress, reform, remake, remodel, repair, retread, retrieve), reda (convey, express, render, reproduce, return), reconstitui (reconstitute, reform, retrace), reîncadra (recommit), drege (arrange, darn, doctor, Flavor, flavour, juggle, mend, piece, readjust, refit, renew, renovate, repair, retouch, season, set to rights, spice, tinker, vamp up), da (accord, administer, afford, avail, beat, bestow, bind, deal, deliver, deliver up, extend, fetch, find, gift, give, give away, grant, hallo, hand, inflict, launch, lend, offer, pass, pay, push, reach, render, return, sell, send, set, sound, sprout, yea, yes, yield), înapoia (behind, bring back, give back, kick back, make up, pay back, refund, render, return). (various references)

Russian 

реконструировать (realign, rearrange, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, remodel), возрождать (regenerate, renew). (various references)

Scottish

teasairg (deliver, release, rescue, save), aisig (restore; ferry over). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vratiti (bring back, give back, hand back, pay back, reclaim, refund, remand, render, replace, requite, return, send back, take back, turn back), uspostaviti (establish, redintegrate), povratiti (heave, reclaim, reproduce, resume, retrieve, vomit). (various references)

Spanish

restaurar (bring back, furbish up, refurbish, renovate), restablecer (re establish, recruit, redintegrate, resettle, revive, set up), reimponer (reimpose), devolver (bring back, devolve, give back, hand back, hit back, pay back, put back, refund, render, repay, return, send back, send in, take back, throw back). (various references)

Swedish

restaurera (rehabilitate, renovate), återställa (heal, redecorate, redintegrate, re-examine, replace, reset, restoring). (various references)

Turkish

restore etmek (redintegrate), yenileştirmek, yeniden tahta geçirmek, onarmak (debug, doctor, mend, patch up, redress, refit, remedy, renovate, repair, tinker up), kavuşturmak (bring together, fold), iade etmek (extradite, give back, rehabilitate, remand, restitute, retrocede, return, turn in), geri vermek (give back, hand back, pay back, refund, render, repay, retrocede, return, turn in), görevine iade etmek, eski haline getirmek (redintegrate). (various references)

Ukranian 

реставрувати, відновлювати (continue, deoxidate, proceed, re establish, reconstruct, recover, renew, repair, retrieve, solder), поставити (snap down), повертати (bend, bring back, carry back, disgorge, hand back, reimburse, repay, replace, return, turn). (various references)

Welsh

edfryd, atgyweirio (mend, refit, repair), adrefu (return home). (various references)

adfirmabat, adfirmans, condasque, condat, condatur, condentur, condere, conderet, condiderunt, condidit, condita, conditae, condite, condito, conditor, conditorum, conditum, conditus, condunt, innova, innovabit, innovabitur, innovare, innovat, innovate, innovemus, instaura, instaurabis, instaurabo, instaurabunt, instauranda, instaurandum, instaurare, instaurarent, instauraret, instaurari, instauras, instaurastis, instaurat, instaurati, instauratur, instauraverat, instauravero, instauraverunt, instauravit, instauravitque, reciperet, recipero, reconciliamini, recro, reddantur, reddasque, reddendo, reddent, reddente, reddere, redderet, reddet, reddetur, reddi, reddiderant, reddiderint, reddiderit, reddiderunt, reddidi, reddidistis, reddidit, reddiditque, reddimus, reddis, reddit, reddita, redditae, reddite, redditionis, redditis, redditur, reddituri, redditus, reddo, reddunt, redintegro, reduc, reducam, reducamus, reducantur, reducas, reducat, reducendum, reducens, reducent, reducere, reducerem, reduceret, reduces, reducet, reducetque, reducetur, reduci, reducis, reducite, reducitis, reduxerat, reduxerit, reduxero, reduxerunt, reduxi, reduxisti, reduxistis, reduxit, reduxitque, refecerunt, refecissent, refecit, refectis, refero, refice, reficiam, reficiat, reficiebant, reficiendum, reficientes, reficientibus, reficieris, reficite, reformabit, reformamini, refundere, renova, renovabis, renovabit, renovabitur, renovamini, renovantes, renovare, renovaret, renovari, renovata, renovatum, renovatur, renovatus, renovavit, renovetis, renovo, reparare, reponat, repone, reponent, reponentes, reponentur, reponeres, repones, reponi, reponite, reposita, repositae, repositam, repositi, repositum, repositus, reposuerunt, reposuit, reposuitque, restauranda, restaurare, restituam, restituamque, restituar, restituas, restituatur, restitue, restituens, restituent, restituere, restituerentur, restitueretur, restituerit, restituerunt, restitues, restituet, restituetur, restitui, restituit, restituitque, restituo, restituta, restituti, restituturum, restitutus, sarta. (various references)

niwian. (various references)

refunder. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "restore": restored, restorer, restorers, restores. (additional references)

Words containing "restore": unrestored. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Restore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Besthorpe, Briatore, Erostarbe, estorie, Radstone, rastor, rastron, Rawstorne, recore, rescore, reshore, resoge, resore, resorte, Restalrig, restaur, Restauri, Restmor, restoke, restone, restor, restorat, restoreth, restorte, restr, resuture, retore, rezdore, Rezzori, risoria, rostor, Sertori. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: rerose, resort, rester, retore, retros, roster, sorter, stereo, terser.

-2 letters: erose, ester, reest, reset, retro, roset, rotes, serer, sorer, steer, stere, store, terse, tores, torse, trees.

-3 letters: eros, errs, erst, ores, orts, rees, rest, rete, rets, roes, rose, rote, rots, seer, sere, sore, sort, tees, toes, tore, torr, tors, tree.

-4 letters: ere, err, ers.

+1 letter: erectors, evertors, extrorse, forester, fosterer, oysterer, reforest, reroutes, resorted, resorter, restored, restorer, restores, restrove, retrorse, secretor.

+2 letters: bolsterer, bourtrees, defroster, destroyer, exhorters, exporters, exteriors, extorters, foresters, fosterers, heartsore, loiterers, orneriest, orometers, overrates, oversteer, overstrew, overtires, overtures, oysterers, perorates, portieres, potterers, presorted, properest, protester, receptors, rectories, reexports, reforests, rejectors, reorients, reporters, requestor, resoluter, resorters, restorers, retorters, retrousse, revolters, rocketers, roistered, roisterer, rooftrees, rosewater, roystered, secretors, secretory, shortener, terrorise, torcheres, torrefies, totterers, trouveres, trowelers.

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