Definition of "reinstated" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of reinstate. (verb)

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• "During the election campaign the Association of American Universities and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, representing 180 other organizations, wrote letters to both Obama and McCain urging them, should they become President, to appoint a Science Advisor, with a title reinstated to be Assistant to the President for Science and Technology by January 20th, and to assign the position a cabinet rank, at the same status given to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget."
• "RF Brad Hawpe was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list and was in the lineup after missing 13 games due to a strained left quadriceps."
• "Amy's father has just been ejected from the weaver's guild, and the only person who can get him reinstated is unable to do so because she's an unmarried woman."