to reinstitute
- verb
- /ˌriːˈɪn.stɪ.tuːt/
- The city council voted to reinstitute the old recycling program starting next month.
- reinstituted the practice
Now they're talking about reinstituting the settlements beginning in the north, but putting these impenetrable walls around them.
- Now they're talking about reinstituting the settlements beginning in the north, but putting these impenetrable walls around them.
- So he's painted here as one of the proud representatives having abolished slavery but one Napoleon reinstituted slavery.
- What would you do, Justice Scalia, if the state of South Dakota or Montana reinstituted facial branding for horse thievery?
Examples
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Congress could ease the financial burden on state and local governments by reinstituting some form of federal financial assistance.
Academic text (1992) -
Rwanda has consequently reinstituted a "traditional dispute resolution mechanism" known as gacaca in a law passed in 2001.
Academic text (2005) -
Perhaps it's time to reinstitute an old custom.
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Perhaps the time has come to reinstitute an old custom.
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And we need to, I need to reinstitute my loving kindness practice, I think.
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Therefore, I am reinstituting the dress code, with no exceptions.
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In the long term, the institution could reinstitute on-campus graduate family housing to help ease these concerns and improve students' academic performance.
Academic text (2007) -
Thus, in order to reinstitute marriage in low-income, welfare-dependent communities, states will need to take several steps.
Academic text (1997) -
I believe Glass-Steagall should be reinstituted even though it is not in effect right now.
Blog text (32) -
Identifying and reinstituting such salutary practices may assist clients on their journey toward wellness (Saleebey, 2009).
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten
Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity
Bring back a previous situation, function, or position
To bring something back after it was gone or not used
Bring something back into use after it was forgotten
To make something work again after it stopped
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
To start something again after it stops or after you change it
To put a rule or law back in place after it was removed
Make a law or rule work again after it stopped
To start a process or system again after it stopped
Make rules again for an industry after rules were removed
To start something again after it has stopped
To bring a rule or law back into use
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Etymology
Reinstitute combines re- 'again' and institute 'to set up', so it literally means 'to set up again'. So, to reinstitute a rule or system is to bring it back after it was stopped.