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reinstitute

reinstitute verb: to institute for a second or subsequent time.

Verb

reinstitute (third-person singular simple present reinstitutes, present participle reinstituting, simple past and past participle reinstituted)

  1. To institute for a second or subsequent time.
    • Near-synonyms: reestablish, restitute, restore

Synonyms of reinstitute

Forms of reinstitute

third-person singular presentreinstitutes
present participlereinstituting
past participlereinstituted
pastreinstituted
alternative formre-institute

Origin of reinstitute

From re- + institute.

Questions about reinstitute

What does reinstitute mean?
Reinstitute means to institute for a second or subsequent time.
What part of speech is reinstitute?
Reinstitute is a verb.
What is the past tense of reinstitute?
The past tense of reinstitute is reinstituted.

Words near reinstitute in the dictionary

  1. reinstill
  2. reinstilled
  3. reinstilling
  4. reinstills
  5. reinstils
  6. reinstitute
  7. reinstituted
  8. reinstitutes
  9. reinstituting
  10. reinstitution
  11. reinstitutionalisation

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