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Definition of Instate
1. v. t. To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.
Definition of Instate
1. Verb. (transitive) To install (someone) in office; to establish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Instate
1. to place in office [v -STATED, -STATING, -STATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instate
Literary usage of Instate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"of a second will, itself revoking one of prior date (e), cannot re-instate the
first will, even though it may be in existence at the time of the testator's ..."
2. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"... and other members of the society shall forthwith re-instate the complainant.
The order is served upon A. and B., after they have ceased to be stewards; ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Public Offices and Officers by Floyd Russell Mechem (1890)
"... an office as between adverse claimants, quo warranto being the proper remedy.'
But— § 979. Lies to instate one whose Title is clear—Where a person holds ..."
4. Antonina: Or, The Fall of Rome by Wilkie Collins (1874)
"... to strike the very remembrance of the Cross out of the memory of man; and to
re-instate Paganism on her throne of sacrifices, and under her roof of gold ..."
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