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

It is expected that, upon taking office, President Trump’s flurry of first acts will include reinstituting his first-term executive order, later reversed by Biden, that would enable him to remove more easily executive branch employees who enjoy civil service protection, such as career prosecutors. —The Editors, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024

In the late nineteenth century, excavations in Greece combined with a social movement promoting physical education and increasing international cooperation fanned excitement over reinstituting the Olympic Games. —Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024

But the bulk of Trump’s tax plan — reinstituting his 2017 tax overhaul and lowering the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 15% — remains tilted to corporations and the wealthiest Americans. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024

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

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above