REPRISTINATE

Etymology

Verb

repristinate (third-person singular simple present repristinates, present participle repristinating, simple past and past participle repristinated)

(transitive) To restore something to an older or original state.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*pris"tin*ate (r-prs"tn-t), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + pristine.]

Definition: To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HABIT

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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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