reinstate
verb (used with object)
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state.
reinstated
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past participleof reinstate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reinstate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reinstateverb (used with object)to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state.
Example Sentences
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Only 13 inmates have been killed since voters reinstated the death penalty in 1978.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
By August, the council had reinstated its five-star hygiene rating after it found the "business had addressed all matters identified during the original inspection".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The high court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
It was removed from a sports photography festival in the northern French town of Deauville before a court ordered it reinstated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
He returned to Haiti in mid-October 1994, the day Aristide was reinstated as president, about three years after he had been deposed.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
