Definition of "instates" [instates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instate. (verb)

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• "As her first order of business, Yvonne instates her lieutenant, Luke (Rescue Me's Steven Pasquale) as the show's day-to-day, hands-on boss, whose hands might just end up on Ava (Maya Rudolph)."
• "Other more conservative civil liberties advocates, like the CATO Institute insist that the PASS Act still instates a National ID card program."
• "Nevertheless, it is time to resign ourselves to vote for the nominee, and instates where there is no real competition, consider voting in the republican primaries to make sure they have either the least viable or least objectionable candidate."