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repristinate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pristine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English repristinate From re- + pristine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To restore something to an older or original state.
   • 1974, William F. Buckley Jr., United Nations Journal, cited in Mitchell S. Ross, The Literary Politicians, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978, p. 55, The press of the world would rivet its attention on the case the American deligate was making for human rights, repristinating the jaded vision of the international bureaucrats.
   • 1753, uncredited translator, The Source, the Strength, and the True Spirit of Laws by Giovanni Cattaneo, London: Lockyer Davis, Part 2, Chapter 1, p. 88, The sovereign Intelligence that produced all Things, and acts incessantly in Nature, to conserve, correct and repristinate or renew it, is therefore the sole Source of this universal Law […]
   • But while the past cannot be repristinated, either in doctrine or worship, neither can the present with impunity sever its connection with the past. 1897, William Rupp, “The Liturgies of the Reformed Churches”, in Christian Worship, New York: Scribner, page 206:
   • Persons lapsed lying under the censure of the Church thus, and so long, it will not be amiss to enquire how they spent their time in this interim, and by what degrees they were repristinated and rendred in their former state. 1659, Hamon L’Estrange, “Annotations upon Chapter XI”, in The Alliance of Divine Offices, London: Henry Broom, page 319:

Forms

Translations (1)

de repristinieren (To restore to an original state)