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

Then on Thursday, crews discovered more flames in a different section of the building, prompting them to reinstitute a shelter-in-place order. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

Rodriguez and Macarat, if convicted, each have the potential to become the first person in the United States sentenced to death for a crime other than murder since the death penalty was reinstituted in 1976, experts say. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026

The Haitian Revolution – as the event is known today – became a war for independence only when the French tried to reinstitute slavery in 1802. — Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

Between 2024 and 2025, the state removed the test entirely until reinstituting it at the beginning of this year. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above