Past tense of instate
regular verb
The past tense of instate is instated. The past participle is also instated.
Forms of instate
| Base form (V1) | instate /ɪnˈsteɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | instated |
| Past participle (V3) | instated |
| Present participle | instating |
| Third person singular | instates |
Instated in a sentence
- Except that in the rest of society there was sex aplenty, with the hedonism of “the Sixties” almost officially instated as dogma, and the slow, surreptitious growth of this consensus to the then unguessed-at status of “correctness.”2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 175
Meaning of instate
- verb To install (someone) in office; to establish.
Questions about the past tense of instate
- What is the past tense of instate?
- The past tense of instate is instated.
- What is the past participle of instate?
- The past participle of instate is instated.
- Is instate a regular or irregular verb?
- Instate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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