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   In·state

   /inˈstāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. set up in position; install or establish: "the restoration of those very authoritarian forms against which democracy had been instated"

   Word Origin early 17th century (formerly also as enstate): from en-1, in-2 ‘into’ + the noun state. Compare with earlier reinstate.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • I

     1

   • N

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   • S

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   • T

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   • A

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   • T

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   • E

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