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Reinstate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To bring back into use or existence.

v. To restore to a previous condition or position.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To restore somebody to a former position or rank.

v. To bring back into use or existence.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To instate again; place again in possession or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed.

In fire insurance, to replace or repair (property destroyed or damaged).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. restore to the previous state or rank

v. bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

Word Usage

"Thus we see that Bali3 was raised to the throne of Indra by destiny, and was also put down by the same power, and it is destiny only that call reinstate him."

Verb Form

reinstated reinstates reinstating

Form

reinstatement reinstator

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

reëstablish replace

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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