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To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- …

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  1. v. t. To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law.
  2. v. help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
  3. v. reinstall politically
  4. v. restore to a state of good condition or operation
  5. To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.
  6. To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, ordignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualifyagain; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, orprivilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law.Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.
  7. v:100 v. help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute v. reinstall politically v. restore to a state of good condition or operation