repristinate

[ ree-pris-tuh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

, re·pris·ti·nat·ed, re·pris·ti·nat·ing.

1. to restore to the first or original state or condition.

Other Words From

• re·pristi·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of repristinate¹

1650–60; re- + pristine + -ate ¹; compare Medieval Latin repristinātiō

Example Sentences

The soaring Buckley vision of man's rights, in fact, might "repristinate" the jaded international bureaucracy.

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