🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

reinstituir

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁe.ĩs.ti.tuˈiɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reinstitute/ˌriːˈɪn.stɪ.tjuːt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O conselho decidiu reinstituir a política de vestimenta."

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As verb
  1. 1

    To establish or start something again; to bring back a system, rule, or practice.

    "The university decided to reinstitute the mandatory attendance policy for all undergraduate students."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix re- (meaning 'again' or 'anew') combined with institute, which traces back to the Latin institutus, past participle of instituere meaning 'to set up, establish, or appoint'. First appearing in the late 16th century, the verb evolved to describe the formal reinstatement or re-establishment of laws, practices, or systems that had been previously abandoned or suspended.

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