instate

I1N1S1T1A1T1E1
/ɪnˈsteɪt//ˈɪn.steɪt/

verb

To install (someone) in office; to establish.

OriginEnglish state ← Middle English stat ← Old French estat →
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Meanings

verbinstate (third-person singular simple present instates, present participle instating, simple past and past participle instated)

present singular third person instates · participle present instating · participle past instated · past instated

  1. transitiveTo install (someone) in office; to establish.

    Except that in the rest of society there was sex aplenty, with the hedonism of “the Sixties” almost officially instated as dogma, and the slow, surreptitious growth of this consensus to the then unguessed-at status of “correctness.”

    2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 175
adjectiveinstate (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of in-state.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
install

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  9. Proto-Italic*status
  10. Latinstatu
  11. Old Frenchestat
  12. Middle Englishstat
  13. Englishstate
  14. Englishinstate

From in- + state (noun).

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Translations

Bulgarian въвеждам в длъжност
  • въвеждам в длъжност (văveždam v dlăžnost)To install (someone) in office; to establish.
Czech dosadit, ustanovit
  • dosaditTo install (someone) in office; to establish.
  • ustanovitTo install (someone) in office; to establish.
French instaurer
  • instaurerTo install (someone) in office; to establish.
Polish wprowadzać na stanowisko, wprowadzić na stanowisko
  • wprowadzać na stanowiskoTo install (someone) in office; to establish.
  • wprowadzić na stanowiskoTo install (someone) in office; to establish.
Spanish instaurar
  • instaurarTo install (someone) in office; to establish.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with instate

datestategreatratecreateupdateweightlatecertificatewaiteightstraightplatechocolatedebatehategatedonateevaluatelocatekatealternatetranslatemate
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Anagrams

Ateniststatineantisetsatinetsantite
Cite this entry
APA

instate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instate

MLA

“instate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instate.

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