单词 | instate |
释义 | instate[ in-steyt ] / ɪnˈsteɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR instate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), in·stat·ed, in·stat·ing.to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install. Obsolete. to endow with something. Origin of instate1595–1605; in-2 + state (noun); see reinstate OTHER WORDS FROM instatein·state·ment, nounun·in·stat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby instateinstant message, instant messaging, instant photography, instant replay, instar, instate, in statu quo, instauration, instead, instead of, instep Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for instate
British Dictionary definitions for instateinstate / (ɪnˈsteɪt) / verb(tr) to place in a position or office; install Derived forms of instateinstatement, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with instatein state With pomp and ceremony, as in The foreign leaders were dining in state at the White House. This expression, dating from the late 1600s, also appears in lie in state, said of a dead body ceremoniously exposed to public view before being interred. This latter usage, dating from about 1700, is generally confined to important public figures, as in His Majesty lay in state in the palace. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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