reinstate
Use Reinstate in a sentence
ɪnˈsteɪt verb (used with object), re·in·stat·ed, re·in·stat·ing.
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to restore to a former rank or condition | |
| rein'statement | |
| —n | |
| rein'stator | |
| —n | |
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Reinstate
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
In short, you seem at first to cast doubt on the whole concept of prevailing, only to reinstate it in a peculiarly negative form.
Now it's going to keep them all or reinstate those that were to close.
Getting rid of those who deserve it is a time consuming process, often thwarted by an arbitrator, who will reinstate people.
Reinstate normal testosterone levels afterward with injections of synthetic testosterone, and aggression returns.
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