rē-stauro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to restore, repair, rebuild (perh. only post-Aug.; for in Liv. 5, 52, 9, and 27, 21, instaurare is the better read.; v. Drak. N. cr.; cf. instauro, reficio, restituo, sarcio). Lit.: restaurare theatrum igne fortuito haustum, Tac. A. 3, 72: aedem Veneris, id. ib. 4, 43: navem iisdem tabulis, Dig. 7, 4, 10: in pristinum statum, ib. 43, 21, 1, § 6.

— Trop., to renew, repeat (syn. redintegro): bellum, Just. 2, 10, 1; 3, 5, 2; 20, 5, 6; 31, 3, 8: accusationem, Dig. 48, 5, 4 fin.: litem, ib. 4, 4, 29: veterem obligationem, ib. 19, 5, 9: actionem, ib. 42, 8, 14; 9, 4, 35.