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instaurate

instaurate verb: to renew or renovate.

Verb

instaurate (third-person singular simple present instaurates, present participle instaurating, simple past and past participle instaurated)

  1. (transitive) To renew or renovate.

Forms of instaurate

third-person singular presentinstaurates
present participleinstaurating
past participleinstaurated
pastinstaurated

Origin of instaurate

First attested in 1583; borrowed from Latin īnstaurātus, perfect passive participle of īnstaurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French instaurer.

Questions about instaurate

What does instaurate mean?
Instaurate means to renew or renovate.
What part of speech is instaurate?
Instaurate is a verb.
What is the past tense of instaurate?
The past tense of instaurate is instaurated.

Words near instaurate in the dictionary

  1. instating
  2. instaunce
  3. instaunces
  4. instaunt
  5. instauntly
  6. instaurate
  7. instaurated
  8. instaurates
  9. instaurating
  10. instauration
  11. instaurations

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