Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reinstate \Re`in*state"\ (-st?t"), 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.

         For the just we have said already thet some of them
         were reinstated in their pristine happiness and
         felicity.                                --Glanvill.

Source : WordNet®

reinstate
     v 1: restore to the previous state or rank
     2: bring back into original existence, use, function, or
        position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in
        the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: {restore},
         {reestablish}]