"reinstate"

[ErehtRaen]

I know "re" is a prefix meaning something like "to cause to happen again" and "reinstate" means to give someone back his/her job or to cause sth to exist again (qs defined in Online Oxford Dictionary), but what is the word for the original action the first time around? I couldn't find a word as such "instate".

All suggestions are welcome.
Raen

[Pete]

I know "re" is a prefix meaning something like "to cause to happen again" and "reinstate" means to give someone back his/her job or to cause sth to exist again (qs defined in Online Oxford Dictionary), but what is the word for the original action the first time around? I couldn't find a word as such "instate".

All suggestions are welcome.
Raen
Go to:
> http://www.onelook.com
Type in: instate
Click: Search

It found me more than a dozen dictionary references to that word.

On the other hand, I can't say that I've actually heard "instate" used as a separate word. One of the dictionaries listed some of its meanings as "obsolete"; it certainly isn't common in today's speech or writing. I would speculate that "reinstate" was formed at a time when "instate" was more commonly used.

[ErehtRaen]

Thank you for your help, Pete.

I have checked out the link you provided, so there is a word "instate". I thought I must have typed it wrong when I tried to search for it in the Cambridge Dictionary Online, but the mystery is this when I clicked on one of the links listed under the search result of "instate" in Onelook dictionary, I was directed back to Cambridge Dictionary Online and it indicated that the word didn't exist and asked if I spelt it wrong--exact result when I searched for "instate" the very first time.

I haven't heard "instate" being used either. Could you or anyone provide a modern word or 2 that mean similar to "instate". I'm trying to form a passage like this:

The universal healthcare was first _______ in 1985 under the pressure and outcry of the public demands for reform, but without being given ample time to conduct a research, study and structure a comprehensive system the government failed the plan and the action was proved to be inprudent (?)......................it wasn't until 1994 a more structured and comprehensive plan was reinstated............................

Thanks so much
Raen

[archfiends]

Thank you for your help, Pete.

I have checked out the link you provided, so there is a word "instate". I thought I must have typed it wrong when I tried to search for it in the Cambridge Dictionary Online, but the mystery is this when I clicked on one of the links listed under the search result of "instate" in Onelook dictionary, I was directed back to Cambridge Dictionary Online and it indicated that the word didn't exist and asked if I spelt it wrong--exact result when I searched for "instate" the very first time.

I haven't heard "instate" being used either. Could you or anyone provide a modern word or 2 that mean similar to "instate". I'm trying to form a passage like this:

The universal healthcare was first _______ in 1985 under the pressure and outcry of the public demands for reform, but without being given ample time to conduct a research, study and structure a comprehensive system the government failed the plan and the action was proved to be inprudent (?)......................it wasn't until 1994 a more structured and comprehensive plan was reinstated............................

Thanks so much
Raen

Well, I do not know what goes on your online Dic, but in mine the explanations of instate follow like this:

1.to put in a particular status, position, or rank; install
2.Obsolete to endow; invest (with)

[Rusty]

Roget's International Thesaurus (1977) does have instate. Synonyms are inaugurate and install. I don't think either of these works in your paragraph, ErehtRaen. I might suggest first established/first introduced. If you delete first you could use initiated.

[ErehtRaen]

Thanks archiend and Rusty.

Yes, there are search result for "instate" on various websites but not in Cambridge Dictionary online which I normaly use. And I thought about using "instate", but I wasn't confident about it because I really haven't come across any texts or passages using that word. I usually have to learn a word in a context (the bigger the better), in order to get the real sense of the word.

And thanks Rusty for the suggestion, I think either of them will work fine. Thanks again.

Raen