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instate, v.|ɪnˈsteɪt|
Also 7–8 en-.
[f. in-2 + state n. Cf. reinstate.]
1. trans. To put (a person) into a certain state or condition; to place in a certain position; to install, establish. Const. in (into, to).
1613Heywood Silv. Age i. Wks. 1874 III. 95 Faire Danaes sonne instated in my throne. 1667Pepys Diary 10 Mar., He will enstate the King of Spayne in the kingdom of Portugall. 1709Atterbury Serm. (1723) II. 258 To have them accepted as holy, and instated in the favour of God. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. iii. 65 The unalterable maxims of rectitude..being..firmly instated in their just authority. 1864E. Sargent Peculiar III. 267 Be sure it will not be my fault if she is not at once instated in her rights.
b. with adj. complement.
1633Heywood Eng. Trav. ii. Wks. 1874 IV. 32 'Tis enough, that word Alone, instates me happy.
†2. To endow or invest (a person) with. Obs.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. v. i. 429 For his Possessions..We doe en-state, and widow you with all, To buy you a better husband. 1614Lodge Life Seneca vi, Before his advancement in Court [he was] plentifully enstated, for his father had left him rich. 1659T. Wall Char. Enem. Ch. 9 The office of a King doth enstate him with power, for the administration of Justice.
†3. To confer (a thing) on or upon. Obs.
1641M. Frank Serm., 5th on Xmas (1672) 86 A blessed lot, a goodly heritage, blessedness itself enstated upon him. 1647Power of Keys Pref. 1, The Prime Act of Power enstated by Christ on his Apostles.
Hence inˈstating vbl. n.
1647Power of Keys i. 4 This formall compleat instating of this power upon them. 1659Hammond On Ps. ii. Paraphr. 9 The instating and setling of David peaceably and triumphantly in his Kingdome. |