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repristinate

verb

Etymology

From re- + pristine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from prīstinus
  2. borrowed from pristin
  3. formed as repristinate — “re- + pristine + -ate”

Definitions

  1. To restore something to an older or original state.

    • 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.
    • But while the past cannot be repristinated, either in doctrine or worship, neither can the present with impunity sever its connection with the past.

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