restitute
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/ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/
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/ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/ · /ˈɹɛstɪtuːt/
Definition of restitute
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To restore (something) to its former condition.
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verb
- (transitive)To restore (something) to its former condition.
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(transitive)To provide recompense for (something).
“[…] 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.[…]”
“What I spill in talk or acts rarely is restituted in writing.”
“[W]hat it represents is the inability of language to restitute the loss of memory.”
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(transitive)To refund.
“We were even ordered to restitute the legal costs of the defendants.”
noun
- That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French restituer, from Latin restituō (“replace, restore”).
Words you can make from restitute
144 playable · top: RUTTIEST (8 pts)
Best play ruttiest 8 points7-letter words
9 words6-letter words
20 words5-letter words
33 words- ESTER 5 pts
- ETUIS 5 pts
- REEST 5 pts
- RESET 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- REUSE 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- SIEUR 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
- STEER 5 pts
- STERE 5 pts
- STRUT 5 pts
- STURT 5 pts
- SUETE 5 pts
- SUITE 5 pts
- TERES 5 pts
- TERSE 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TREES 5 pts
- TRETS 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
- TRUES 5 pts
- TRUST 5 pts
- TUTEE 5 pts
- TUTTI 5 pts
- UTERI 5 pts
- UTTER 5 pts
4-letter words
40 words- ERST 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- RUST 4 pts
- RUTS 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- SETT 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- STET 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- SUIT 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TEST 4 pts
- TETS 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TITS 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
- TUTS 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
30 words2-letter words
11 wordsHooks
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