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Definition of Restitute

1. Verb. Give or bring back. "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"

2. Verb. Restore to a previous or better condition. "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

Definition of Restitute

1. v. t. To restore to a former state.

2. n. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.

Definition of Restitute

1. Verb. (transitive) To restore (something) to its former condition or to provide recompense for (something). ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To refund. ¹

3. Noun. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Restitute

1. [v -TUTED, -TUTING, -TUTES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Restitute

resting phase resting potential resting saliva resting stage resting tidal volume resting tremor resting wandering cell restings restinguish restinguished

restitch restitched restitches restitching restitope restitute (current term) restituted restitutes restituting restitution

restitutions restitutive restitutor restitutors restitutory restive restively restiveness restivenesses restless

Literary usage of Restitute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Virginia Colonial Decisions by Virginia General Court, John Randolph, Edward Barradall (1909)
"restitute Whiston entered and intermarried with one Thomas Steel and by him. had Issue Thomas Steel her eldest Son & Heir; And afterwards intermarried with ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... of the following descriptions, in every case in which the ' restitute ... on the reverse of the title-page appears ' Opere restitute Mathematicae Operi ..."

3. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1880)
"Geneva restitute, p. ... Persius. $ Farello pro veritate strenue stante, etc. — Geneva restitute. ..."

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