Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To restore; repair.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To renew or renovate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To renew or renovate.

Etymologies

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Latin instauratus.

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