REINSTATE

restore, reinstate, reestablish

(verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; “restore law and order”; “reestablish peace in the region”; “restore the emperor to the throne”

reinstate

(verb) restore to the previous state or rank

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

reinstate (third-person singular simple present reinstates, present participle reinstating, simple past and past participle reinstated)

(transitive) To restore to a former position or rank.

(transitive) To bring back into use or existence.

Anagrams

• retainest

Source: Wiktionary


Re`in*state" (-stt"), v. t.

Definition: To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom. For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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