Repristinate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To restore something to an older or original state. transitive
"Persons lapsed lying under the censure of the Church thus, and so long, it will not be amiss to enquire how they spent their time in this interim, and by what degrees they were repristinated and rendred in their former state."
Example
More examples"Persons lapsed lying under the censure of the Church thus, and so long, it will not be amiss to enquire how they spent their time in this interim, and by what degrees they were repristinated and rendred in their former state."
Etymology
From re- + pristine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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