资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Return \Re*turn"\, 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.

            On their embattled ranks the waves return. --Milton.

            If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a
            state of freedom.                     --Locke.

            Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
                                                  --Gen. iii.
                                                  19.

   2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular
      or irregular; to appear again.

            With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day
            or the sweet approach of even or morn. --Milton.

   3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.

            He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.
                                                  --Pope.

   4. To revert; to pass back into possession.

            And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
            kingdom return to the house of David. --1Kings xii.
                                                  26.

   5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. ``But to
      return to my story.'' --Fielding.

资料来源 : WordNet®

returning
     adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state [syn: {reverting}]
     2: tending to be turned back [syn: {returning(a)}, {reversive}]