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▪ I. † restitute, pa. pple. Obs.
[ad. L. restitūt-us, pa. pple. of restituĕre: see prec. In quot. 1643 after AF. restitutz in 1 Hen. IV. c. 5.]
Restored.
c1470Harding Chron. cxxiv. vi, Sone after kyng Dunkan of Scotland slayn By treason was, and Dunwall restitute Vnto the croune of Scotlande ther agayne. [1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. iii. 42 It is ordained and assented, that the Lords and other..shall be wholly restitute and restored to their names,..inheritaments and possessions.]
▪ II. restitute, v.|ˈrɛstɪtjuːt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. restituĕre: cf. prec.]
1. trans. To restore to a position or status; to reinstate, rehabilitate. Now rare.
c1500Arnolde Chron. (1811) 42 To alle her fraunches and free usagis..be they restituted. 1530Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) I. 328 The King did restitute your Grace before He was intitled. 1570Levins Manip. 196 To restitute, restituere. 1855Lorenz tr. Van der Keessel's Select Theses dcccxxix, A debtor who has become impoverished by mere change of fortunes, and has not acted fraudulently, is discharged from all liability, and restituted, provided one half of the creditors to whom a half of the debt is due consent to such restitution.
2. To restore, hand back, refund. Also absol. to make restitution.
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Restitution, The Lutheran and Calvinist princes were obliged to restitute, restore what they had taken. 1885Field 17 Oct. 542/1 The inclosures which would be affected and ‘restituted’ by Mr. Jesse Collings's regulations. 1893Ibid. 4 Mar. 334/1 Having promised to restitute expenses to professionals if they did not win. 1907Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 4/1 If..he acts to the detriment of someone's interest, he must be compelled to restitute.
3. intr. Genetics. Of a break in a chromosome or chromatid: to be reversed by restitution (sense 8) of the two broken ends.
1945Jrnl. Genetics XLVII. 13 Some of the breaks which restitute are lethals. 1971Levitan & Montagu Textbk. Human Genetics iii. 135 Nonrearrangement breaks tend to restitute..quite readily.
Hence ˈrestituted ppl. a.
1727–38[see restitution 7]. 1757Dyer Fleece ii. 347 Restituted trade To every virtue lent his helping stores. |