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in·state

(ĭn-stāt′)

tr.v. in·stat·ed, in·stat·ing, in·states

To establish in office; install.

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instate

(ɪnˈsteɪt)

(tr) to place in a position or office; install

inˈstatement n

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in•state

(ɪnˈsteɪt)

v.t. -stat•ed, -stat•ing.

1. to place in a state, position, or office; install.

2. Obs. to endow with something.

[1595–1605; in-² + state (n.)]

in•state′ment, n.

instate

Past participle: instated
Gerund: instating

Imperative
instate
instate

Present
I instate
you instate
he/she/it instates
we instate
you instate
they instate

Preterite
I instated
you instated
he/she/it instated
we instated
you instated
they instated

Present Continuous
I am instating
you are instating
he/she/it is instating
we are instating
you are instating
they are instating

Present Perfect
I have instated
you have instated
he/she/it has instated
we have instated
you have instated
they have instated

Past Continuous
I was instating
you were instating
he/she/it was instating
we were instating
you were instating
they were instating

Past Perfect
I had instated
you had instated
he/she/it had instated
we had instated
you had instated
they had instated

Future
I will instate
you will instate
he/she/it will instate
we will instate
you will instate
they will instate

Future Perfect
I will have instated
you will have instated
he/she/it will have instated
we will have instated
you will have instated
they will have instated

Future Continuous
I will be instating
you will be instating
he/she/it will be instating
we will be instating
you will be instating
they will be instating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been instating
you have been instating
he/she/it has been instating
we have been instating
you have been instating
they have been instating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been instating
you will have been instating
he/she/it will have been instating
we will have been instating
you will have been instating
they will have been instating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been instating
you had been instating
he/she/it had been instating
we had been instating
you had been instating
they had been instating

Conditional
I would instate
you would instate
he/she/it would instate
we would instate
you would instate
they would instate

Past Conditional
I would have instated
you would have instated
he/she/it would have instated
we would have instated
you would have instated
they would have instated

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instate

verb

To admit formally into membership or office, as with ritual:

inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, invest.

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Again he said, and at length and with distressing detail, that the Church had wandered away from the Master's teaching, and that Mammon had been instated in the place of Christ.

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