9 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
verb restore to the previous state or rank
verb bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English instate English reinstate From re- + instate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0