Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To establish in office; install.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To set or place; establish, as in a rank or condition.
- To invest.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest.
Etymologies
- From in- + state. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“North Carolina improved to 21-1 in instate tournament games, including 6-0 in games played here - home to Atlantic Coast Conference rival Wake Forest.”
USATODAY.com - Men's Basketball - Michigan St. vs. North Carolina
“While this was not a war, the instate was the same.”
“But, the difficult national environment for Democrats coupled with a surge in Republican energy instate -- the result of the passage of a stringent immigration bill -- quickly turned the race into a serious contest.”
The Washington Post: Gabrielle Giffords' 2010 campaign was costly, close, and contentious
“Soccer Board of Directors voted to re-instate the provisional sanction.”
Voice of America: Second-Division Soccer Makes a Return in US
“After a first refusal, Obama says he'll now re-instate solar water heating to the White House roof, and will add photo-voltaic cells that will generate electricity.”
The Huffington Post: Harvey Wasserman: A Solar Victory and Military Defeat at the White House
“If we want to avoid catastrophic climate change and avoid climate disaster, we need to instate a moratorium on drilling in the Arctic.”
The Huffington Post: Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum
“I think only money from instate sources should be allowed to pay for the campaign.”
“This seems like more of a power play to me: they want a worldwide governing body to oversee this and have them instate rules in place that will change our lives forever.”
“It's time to re-instate the tax breaks from the 2000-2004 period and we all have to face the fact that these bills must be paid.”
“Then if Congress really thinks this is incorrect, they can re-instate them.”
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Pseudorandom words
Words found through Wordie's random word function. I didn't take phrases, foreign, misspelled, or madeupical words, so I looked at about 200 words to assemble this list.
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