'Reinstate' definitions:

Definition of 'reinstate'

(from WordNet)
verb
Restore to the previous state or rank
verb
Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: restore, reinstate, reestablish]

Definition of 'Reinstate'

From: GCIDE
  • Reinstate \Re`in*state"\ (-st?t"), v. t. To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom. [1913 Webster]
  • For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]

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