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.
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.
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