instate

[ in-steyt ]

verb (used with object)

, in·stat·ed, in·stat·ing.

1. to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
2. Obsolete. to endow with something.

instate

/ ɪnˈsteɪt /

verb

1. tr to place in a position or office; install

Derived Forms

• inˈstatement, noun

Other Words From

• in·statement noun
• unin·stated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of instate¹

1595–1605; in- ² + state (noun); reinstate

Example Sentences

Some states have instated protections to keep renters in their homes until at least the new year.

From Washington Post

Over the last century, however, the total number of events has ballooned, with the International Olympic Committee even instating a 28-sport cap from 2002 to 2014.

From FiveThirtyEight

The company cites such standards as a $15 an hour minimum wage, a factor the company initial pushed back on, but ultimately instated after pressure from legislators.

From TechCrunch

Goldman instated the Saturdays-off policy, and said that it would set the expectation that junior bankers work 70-75 hours a week.

From Quartz

They brought in testing kits and re-instated the hand washing stands that had been ubiquitous during the Ebola outbreak.

From Time

Recently, for instance, Giffords called for Arizona to re-instate transplant funding for poor people, which Brewer had axed.

From The Daily Beast

Instate Republicans insist that O'Donnell is focused on doing local media and appealing to the state's voters.

From The Daily Beast

And yet the authorities Dr. Luther wishes to re-instate are older than those he attacks.

From Project Gutenberg

I have made this long preamble about it to induce you, if possible, to re-instate us in your mother's good graces.

From Project Gutenberg

Another was to re-instate some men who had been discharge for cause.

From Project Gutenberg

A promise made to Sara Coleridge to re-instate the washing-tub was, alas!

From Project Gutenberg

Alternatively, the state can instate an efficient court system, aided by active law enforcement agencies.

From Project Gutenberg