Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To bring back into use or existence.
  • transitive verb To restore to a previous condition or position.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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).

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

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

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

  • verb To restore somebody to a former position or rank.
  • verb To bring back into use or existence.

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

  • verb restore to the previous state or rank
  • verb bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

re- +‎ instate

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Examples

  • 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.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 2006

  • However, Metro alleges that Aon did not notify the agency that it needed to pay added fees or exercise options to "reinstate" or "drop down coverage."

    Metro sues Aon over post-crash insurance coverage gap Spencer S. Hsu 2011

  • However, Metro alleges that Aon did not notify the agency that it needed to pay added fees or exercise options to "reinstate" or "drop down coverage."

    Metro sues Aon over post-crash insurance coverage gap Spencer S. Hsu 2011

  • In which case, Obama doesn't have to "reinstate" it.

    Coming Soon-- Riots in America? 2009

  • The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has been ordered to "reinstate" and pay full benefits to a former employee found to have been unfairly dismissed, but who has since passed away.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • After a Cabinet committee had looked at the Budget it decided to "reinstate" the amount to top up the R510,3 million already allocated.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • I had to manually use the "reinstate" or something like that feature to put the emails back in (and recover all their stored email).

    MacInTouch 2009

  • What's more, soon after the short-selling ban expired on Oct. 8, the American Bankers Association loudly demanded that the SEC "reinstate" the ban instantly if bank stock prices started going down again -- that is, if they started going down even more dramatically than they did during the ban

    Elliott Wave International NewsWire 2008

  • It may seem small compared with its $500 million budget, school board Chairwoman Barbara Murray says, but it could pay for 100 new teachers or reinstate summer school.

    Schools get shortchanged in Federal Impact Aid 2011

  • Senate ratified the agreement last December, Mr. Obama said New START will also reinstate inspections of both countries' strategic weapons.

    Obama Signs Nuclear Treaty 2011

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