Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To bring back to a former condition; restore.
- v. To refund.
- v. To undergo restitution.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bring back to a former state; restore.
- n. That which is restored or offered in place of something, a substitute.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To restore (something) to its former condition or to provide recompense for (something).
- v. transitive To refund.
- n. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. rare To restore to a former state.
- n. rare That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
WordNet 3.0
- v. restore to a previous or better condition
- v. give or bring back
Etymologies
- Latin restituere, restitūt- : re-, re- + statuere, to set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Here's my proposal: let's cash in some of our SDRs from the IMF and "restitute" our Bretton Woods gold back.”
The Huffington Post: J. Bradley Jansen: Golden Opportunity for Social Security
“Let us hope that the new president Obama will be able to address those many pressing global problems in an efficient and effective way - and may everybody rally behind him, at home and everywhere else in the world, to bring more peace to the world again, and may he be able to restitute America's reputation with regard to a ethical and democratic leadership.”
“The U.S. had promised to restitute the losses but never did.”
“A decision to restitute gold requires support from an 85 percent majority of the total voting power.”
The Huffington Post: J. Bradley Jansen: Golden Opportunity for Social Security
“(If the IMF does not vote to restitute our gold, we should give our six month notice and unilaterally withdraw taking our gold with us.)”
The Huffington Post: J. Bradley Jansen: Golden Opportunity for Social Security
“And there is good news on the horizon: a new art database is helping restitute work stolen by the Nazis, and Michael Jackson fans have some new images of their hero to examine.”
The Huffington Post: ARTINFO: NEW YORK: Can't-Miss Gallery Openings This Week
“They should contribute to the funds required to mitigate the environmental damages and restitute the victims of the project.”
Peter Bosshard: The World's Largest Boondoggle to Be Completed
“As someone who has in fact worked in museums for over a decade, I find it completely ridiculous to say that museums never restitute art.”
Dina Babbitt’s plea « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
“EDSEL: Literally tens of thousands of paintings, hundreds of thousands of cultural items, hidden in more than a thousand caves, salt mines and other places by Hitler and the Nazis was a circumstance no one contemplated, and resulted in an extraordinary effort on the part of this special group, these Monuments Men, and women, to try and find these things, and ultimately restitute them to the countries from which they were stolen.”
“EDSEL: Literally tens of thousands of paintings, hundreds of thousands of cultural items hidden in more than a thousand caves, salt mines and other places by Hitler and the Nazis was a circumstance no one contemplated and resulted in an extraordinary effort on the part of this special group, these Monuments Men and Women, to try and find these things and ultimately restitute them to the countries from which they were stolen.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘restitute’.
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TheLastGoodNameLeft
The Last Good Words Left
ephemera, gammon, errata, ellipses, octopi, heteronormative, polyp, intersectionality, theses, california, halfback, fullback and 555 more...
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Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Words of Standing
steed, stool, estancia, stage, stance, staunch, stanch, stanchion, stanza, stative, stator, stay and 180 more...
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Tute Your Horn
Words containing "tute"--gives me practice, since I nearly always type this string of letters incorrectly on the first try.
institute, destitute, restitute, reconstitute, constitute, astute, statute, tutee, tutelage, tutelary, tutelina, tutenag and 5 more...
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