'Returned' definitions:

Definition of 'Returned'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • On their embattled ranks the waves return. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. --Gen. iii. 19. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again. [1913 Webster]
  • With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond. [1913 Webster]
  • He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To revert; to pass back into possession. [1913 Webster]
  • And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David. --1Kings xii. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to return to my story." --Fielding. [1913 Webster]