What's the difference between reinstate and revest?

Reinstate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results may be due to stronger social reinstatement tendencies in females than in males: Higher levels of social motivation facilitate behavioral performance when the task is easy (straight runway) and inhibit it when the task is difficult (V-shaped runway).
  • (2) Adrenocorticotropic hormone administered either 15 minutes or 24 hours prior to test, as well as noncontingent footshock delivered 24 hours (but not 15 minutes) prior to test, served as effective reinstatement agents.
  • (3) The best way to help out low earners would be to reinstate the 10p tax band, but that would cost about £7bn.
  • (4) This was unacceptable to everyone since it gave the UK a veto over reinstating the arms ban.
  • (5) However, on Monday, during his first workday in office, he reinstated the global gag order, an executive order that bans international not-for-profit organizations from providing abortion services or offering information about abortions if they receive US funding.
  • (6) However, following the management turmoil that engulfed the BBC in the autumn as it struggled to deal with the Savile scandal, there have been calls for the role to be reinstated.
  • (7) And across the board Turkey’s multifarious print and broadcast commentators are asking whether the government will reinstate capital punishment and, if so, why, and why now.
  • (8) The Nobel prize-winning author's novel Song of Solomon, which traces the life of Macon "Milkman" Dead, was suspended from and then reinstated to the curriculum at a school in Shelby, Michigan in May following complaints from parents about sexual and violent content.
  • (9) In addition, the government is offering help for small groups involved in tourism, reinstating the favourable tax rules for furnished holiday lettings.
  • (10) "It has become apparent that the company's continued refusal to reinstate staff travel concessions for striking members and its vindictive disciplinary measures against Unite members raises new items of dispute," said Woodley and Simpson.
  • (11) These results suggest that foodshock stress caused increases in NA release and this activation of NA neurons appears to be reinstated simply by re-exposure to the environment previously associated with shock.
  • (12) Southern said on Tuesday it would reinstate travel passes for staff and allow them to swap shifts, reversing two contentious moves following strike action.
  • (13) Approved: Nebraska voters passed an unusual ballot measure to reinstate the death penalty after state lawmakers repealed it in 2015.
  • (14) It was partially reinstated following an outcry, but £65m to pay for the release of secondary teachers to primary schools one or two days a week runs out at the end of this academic year.
  • (15) Not that apartheid has been reinstated in South Africa.
  • (16) For instance, from the right, Policy Exchange has floated a number of options for reinstating a link between contributions and benefit receipt: stronger conditionality for those without a contribution record; higher benefit levels for those who have made contributions; and personal welfare accounts in place of collective and redistributive national insurance.
  • (17) His account was then reinstated with the first name on his passport, Ahmed, instead of the name he writes under.
  • (18) Acetylcholinesterase histochemistry and retrograde axonal transport of Fluorogold demonstrated that some afferent and efferent fibre projections to and from the septal nucleus could be reinstated.
  • (19) Three experiments are reported that suggest that reinstatement is mediated by conditioning to contextual stimuli that are present during both US presentation and testing.
  • (20) Trump travel ban: US supreme court partially lifts block on order Read more Q: Which countries does this partially reinstated ban affect?

Revest


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
  • (v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.
  • (v. i.) To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These cords are made up of a core of cardiac jelly material revested by endocardium.
  • (2) Patricia Revest and Joan Abbott summarize the properties of endothelial ion channels, and explore the ways in which the channels could control permeability, secretion and smooth muscle tone.

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