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restitutes

restitutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of restitute.

Meaning of restitute

Verb

restitute (third-person singular simple present restitutes, present participle restituting, simple past and past participle restituted)

  1. (transitive) To restore (something) to its former condition.
    • Near-synonym: reinstitute (sometimes synonymous)
  2. (transitive) To provide recompense for (something).
    • Near-synonyms: repay, compensate, recompensate, recompense
    1. (transitive) To refund.
      • (Mr Mukando): Mr Speaker, Sir, as a result of Government policy to control prices of certain agricultural products, the co-operative unions are annually allocated subsidy funds by Parliament to restitute them for the handling costs they incur while marketing and distributing those controlled...1983, National Assembly of Zambia, editor, Daily Parliamentary Debates, National Assembly of Zambia, page 2493

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Questions about restitutes

What is restitutes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Restitutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of restitute.

Words near restitutes in the dictionary

  1. restite
  2. restites
  3. restitutable
  4. restitute
  5. restituted
  6. restitutes
  7. restituting
  8. restitutio ad integrum
  9. restitutio in integrum
  10. restitution
  11. restitutional

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