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reinstate Definition

re·instate (rē′in stāt)

transitive verb -·stat·ed, -·stat·ing

to instate again; restore to a former condition, position, etc.

  • reinstall
  • reinstitute
  • reinstruct

reinstate Related Forms

re′·instate·ment noun

reinstate Synonyms

reinstate

v.

reinstall, put back, reelect, return, reinvest, reappoint, reestablish, put in power again, reclassify, restore, replace, rehire, redeem, rehabilitate.

reinstate Usage Examples

Object

  • canal: W Hailes 00 1024 x 768 108K Heavy lifting gear continues the work of reinstating the canal along Hailesland Road near Walker's Wynd.
  • path: As there is no reinstated path you, like us, will have to guess the route!
  • employe: Reinstatement After mobilization, you are obliged to reinstate a former Reservist employe in their old job.
  • pupil: They can decide to uphold the exclusion, or reinstate the pupil.
  • grant: The increase reinstates the grant to the level two years ago, but without allowing for inflation.
  • land: After both world wars the Society's difficult task was to reinstate much common land which had been used for defense and food production.

Preposition: at

  • time: Normal automatic operation must be reinstated at the earliest possible time.
  • end: Full service was reinstated at the end of November.

Preposition: as

  • part: Mr White advised that a pit would require to be reinstated as part of an agreement in relation to this application.
  • member: At the same time it was announced that Imre Nagy had been reinstated as a member of the Communist Party.

Modifying Another Word

  • subsequently: The water supply to the flats was subsequently reinstated.
  • immediately: Secondly Tom Temple, seconded by Wally Wilkinson that his membership be reinstated immediately.
  • eventually: Mr Tregenna lodged an appeal and was eventually reinstated in late 1994.
  • soon: Power to the peripherals is reinstated automatically as soon as the computer is powered back up.
  • fully: Six days after his arrest he was released and he was fully reinstated at the head of AIM.
  • then: The Court then reinstated the death penalty in 1976 with the notion that statutes revised in the interim would eliminate previous problems.

Used with why or when

  • when: If you were receiving services before entering hospital the existing services may simply need reinstating when you leave hospital.
  • what: If the work was simply to reinstate what existed previously there may not have been a need for listed building consent.
  • where: Reinstate where appropriate and make good any damage caused by your activities and notify all parties concerned.

Present participle complement

follow: Tamworth, who finished the season second bottom, have already been reinstated following Canvey Island's decision to withdraw from the Conference.