Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-TURN', v.t.

1. To bring, carry or send back; as, to return a borrowed book; to return a hired horse.
2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
3. To give in recompense or requital. In any wise, return him a trespass-offering. – 1 Sam. vi. The Lord will return thy wickedness upon thy own head. – 1 Kings ii.
4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer.
5. To tell, relate or communicate. And Moses returned the words of the people to the Lord. – Exod. xix.
6. To retort; to recriminate. If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am. – Dryden.
7. To render an account, usually an official account to a superior. Officers of the army and navy return to the commander the number of men in companies, regiments, &c.; they return the number of men sick or capable of duty; they return the quantity of ammunition, provisions, &c.
8. To render back to a tribunal or to an office; as, to return a writ or an execution.
9. To report officially; as, an officer returns his proceedings on the back of a writ or precept.
10. To send; to transmit; to convey. Instead of a ship, he should levy money and return the same to the treasurer for His Majesty's use. – Clarendon.