reinstate
/ɹiː.ɪnˈsteɪt/ verb C1- To restore to a former position or rank.
- To bring back into use or existence; resurrect.
He/she/it reinstates · Past reinstated · Past participle reinstated · -ing form reinstating
Verb forms
- Base form
- reinstate
- He/she/it
- reinstates
- Past
- reinstated
- Past participle
- reinstated
- -ing form
- reinstating
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“The order of imprisonment came from high authority, and the order for his liberation must proceed from the same source; and, as Napoleon has scarcely been reinstated a fortnight, the letters have not yet been forwarded.”
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