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instate verb [ ɪnˈsteɪt ]

• set up in position; install or establish.
• "many of the troops had only joined up when the new regime was instated"
Origin: early 17th century (formerly also as enstate ): from en-1, in-2 ‘into’ + the noun state. Compare with earlier reinstate.


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