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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-in-steyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri ɪnˈsteɪt



Definition of re-instate

Origin :
  • 1590s, from re- + instate. Related: Reinstated; reinstating.
  • As in recall : verb remember
  • As in redeem : verb recover possession
  • As in redeem : verb atone for; compensate
  • As in rehabilitate : verb renovate, adjust
  • As in reinstate : verb give back responsibility
  • As in replace : verb take the place of; put in place of
  • As in restore : verb fix, make new
  • As in return : verb give back, send back
  • As in recondition : verb restore
  • As in reopen : verb continue
  • As in restart : verb continue
  • As in restitute : verb restore
  • As in continue : verb begin again; resume
Example sentences :
  • Another was to re-instate some men who had been discharge for cause.
  • Extract from : « Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 » by Various
  • A promise made to Sara Coleridge to re-instate the washing-tub was, alas!
  • Extract from : « Anima Poet » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • I shall soon set out for Epsom, to endeavour to serve him there, and re-instate him in his own house.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 7 » by Samuel Richardson
  • And yet the authorities Dr. Luther wishes to re-instate are older than those he attacks.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family » by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
  • I have made this long preamble about it to induce you, if possible, to re-instate us in your mother's good graces.
  • Extract from : « Mary Lamb » by Anne Burrows Gilchrist

Synonyms for re-instate

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