[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

return \return"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. returned; p. pr.  vb.
   n. returning. oe. returnen, retournen, f. retourner;
   pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. see turn.
   1. to turn back; to go or come again to the same place or
      condition. "return to your father's house." --chaucer.
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            on their embattled ranks the waves return. --milton.
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            if they returned out of bondage, it must be into a
            state of freedom.                     --locke.
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            dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
                                                  --gen. iii.
                                                  19.
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   2. to come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular
      or irregular; to appear again.
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            with the year
            seasons return; but not me returns
            day or the sweet approach of even or morn. --milton.
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   3. to speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
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            he said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.
                                                  --pope.
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   4. to revert; to pass back into possession.
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            and jeroboam said in his heart, now shall the
            kingdom return to the house of david. --1kings xii.
                                                  26.
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   5. to go back in thought, narration, or argument. "but to
      return to my story." --fielding.
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see also:
returned returning turn 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

returning
     adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state syn: reverting
     2: tending to be turned back syn: returninga, reversive
see also:
reverting returninga reversive 

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