reinstitute

verb

re·​in·​sti·​tute (ˌ)rē-ˈin(t)-stə-ˌtüt 

-ˌtyüt

reinstituted; reinstituting

transitive verb

: to institute (something) again

… in 1976, the year the Supreme Court reinstituted capital punishment.

—John Cloud

President Carter reinstituted draft registration in 1980 after a seven-year hiatus.

—Stephen Wermiel

reinstitution

(ˌ)rē-ˌin(t)-stə-ˈtü-shən 

-ˈtyü-

noun

Though Hagel stopped short of calling for a reinstitution of the draft, he did talk about the inequities of the current system, in which so many of America's soldiers are poor kids trying to move up a rung on the ladder of employment.

—Anna Quindlen

Examples of reinstitute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Perhaps the biggest diplomatic challenge Trump would face in reinstituting sanctions on Iran is convincing buyers of Iranian oil to reduce their purchases. —Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2018

Once that window lapses, a future Trump or Republican administration would need to wade through a lengthy notice and comment process in order to reinstitute the rules. —Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Aug. 2024

Baltimore’s Department of Transportation is reinstituting daily storage fees paused during the pandemic for impounded vehicles at its Pulaski Highway and Fallsway facilities. —Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024

The recent disagreement between Maryland and Virginia over the latter’s choice to reinstitute winter crab dredging, a practice that could threaten the Bay’s female blue crab supply, is a case in point. —Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above