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instate

[in-steyt]

verb (used with object), -stat·ed, -stat·ing.

to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.

Obsolete. to endow with something.

Origin:
1595–1605; in-² + state (noun); see reinstate

Related forms

in·state·ment, noun

un·in·stat·ed, adjective

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instate (ɪnˈsteɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to place in a position or office; install

in'statement

—n

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