Reinstituted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have a system, policy, or practice previously in place restored and made operational once again
2. Returned a previously ended system, rule, or practice to active status
3. Brought back into effect a prior law, method, or procedure

Etymology: "Reinstituted" is the past tense and past participle of "reinstitute", so it is the form of the verb that describes restoring something. The verb is built from the prefix "re-", meaning again, attached to "institute", which comes from Latin "instituere", to set up or establish. Its root sense of setting something up is still visible in the meaning: a policy that is reinstituted is put back in place as if it were being established anew. The prefix carries the Latin "re-" along an unusual path. It passed through Old French and into Middle English, and the same "re-" was then freely attached to English verbs, so "reinstitute" is a combination of two older pieces rather than a single inherited word. The base "institute" is the older part, and it is the one that carries the sense of founding or ordaining something.

Synonyms: restored, reestablished, reintroduced

Antonyms: abolished, discontinued