English to English
reinstate
(,r/i//I/n'st/eI/t
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verb (v)
- restore to the previous state or rank(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- bring back into original existence, use, function, or position(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913