instate[verb]Synonyms: initiate, inaugurate, induct, install, invest
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
instate verb trans. [ɪn'steɪt] Also
enstate.
E17.[from IN-2, EN-1 + STATE noun. Cf. earlier REINSTATE.]1. Put (a person etc.) into a certain position or condition; install, establish, (
in office etc.).
E17.■ E. Bowen What seemed a provisional measure worked so well as to instate yet another tradition.2. Endow or invest (a person)
with.
E-M17. ■ instatement noun (now
rare)
L17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲