"reinstate" meaning in English

See reinstate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /riː.ɪnˈsteɪt/ [UK] Forms: reinstate [canonical], reinstates [third-person, singular], reinstated [past], reinstated [past, participle], reinstating [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + instate Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|instate}} re- + instate Head templates: {{verb|reinstat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you reinstate a person, you restore them to their former position or rank.
    Sense id: simple-reinstate-en-verb-02Bx9kDk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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