Restitute
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
- 1 To restore (something) to its former condition. transitive
- 2 restore to a previous or better condition wordnet
- 3 To provide recompense for (something). transitive
"[…] when Frederick M. (Bantam) Lyons had rapidly and successively requested, perused and restituted the copy of the current issue of the Freeman's Journal and National Press which he had been about to throw away (subsequently thrown away), he had proceeded towards the oriental edifice of the Turkish and Warm Baths.[…]"
- 4 give or bring back wordnet
- 5 To refund. transitive
"We were even ordered to restitute the legal costs of the defendants."
Example
More examples"[…] when Frederick M. (Bantam) Lyons had rapidly and successively requested, perused and restituted the copy of the current issue of the Freeman's Journal and National Press which he had been about to throw away (subsequently thrown away), he had proceeded towards the oriental edifice of the Turkish and Warm Baths.[…]"
Etymology
From Old French restituer, from Latin restituō (“replace, restore”).
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