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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