repristinate
repristinate verb: to restore something to an older or original state.
Verb
repristinate (third-person singular simple present repristinates, present participle repristinating, simple past and past participle repristinated)
- To restore something to an older or original state.
- Persons lapsed lying under the censure of the Church thus, and so long, it will not be amiss to enquire how they spent their time in this interim, and by what degrees they were repristinated and rendred in their former state.1659, Hamon L’Estrange, “Annotations upon Chapter XI”, in The Alliance of Divine Offices, London: Henry Broom, page 319
- The sovereign Intelligence that produced all Things, and acts incessantly in Nature, to conserve, correct and repristinate or renew it, is therefore the sole Source of this universal Law […]1753, uncredited translator, The Source, the Strength, and the True Spirit of Laws by Giovanni Cattaneo, London: Lockyer Davis, Part 2, Chapter 1, p. 88
Forms of repristinate
| third-person singular present | repristinates |
|---|---|
| present participle | repristinating |
| past participle | repristinated |
| past | repristinated |
Origin of repristinate
From re- + pristine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Questions about repristinate
- What does repristinate mean?
- Repristinate means to restore something to an older or original state.
- What part of speech is repristinate?
- Repristinate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of repristinate?
- The past tense of repristinate is repristinated.
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