Meaning of REINSTATE
| Pronunciation: | | `reein'steyt
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- [v] bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne"
- [v] restore to the previous state or rank
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| | Synonyms: | | reestablish, restore |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, reconstruct, rehabilitate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re`in*state"\ (-st?t"), v. t.
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.
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