instate

UK/in'steit/US

GREB1

Definitions

To formally place or establish someone in a position or office.

任命；使就职；设立

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

in-not, opposite of

statestand, set, place

=instate

in- (into) + state. Here 'state' means a position or standing (from 'st' to stand). To instate is to set someone into a fixed standing — compare reinstate, to put back. Note: it is a verb, not a noun.

Root st still carries 376 more words

Example Sentences

1.
The board voted to instate her as interim director.

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