Literary notes about Reinstate (AI summary)
In literature, the term reinstate is employed to signify the restoration or return of a person, position, or state to its former condition. It appears in contexts ranging from the political and administrative—as when a chairman or public officer is restored to duty [1, 2] or a ruler reaffirms his authority by reinstating officials [3, 4]—to the deeply personal, expressing a character’s desire to regain lost dignity or favor [5, 6, 7]. Moreover, authors use reinstate to evoke the reestablishment of traditional orders or valued customs, thereby connecting a literal return to office with the more abstract notion of reclaiming one’s societal or personal standing [8, 9, 10]. This multifaceted term thus enriches narrative by bridging themes of loss and renewal across diverse settings.
- The London Trades Council adopted a resolution urging the new Postmaster-General to reinstate the chairman and secretary of the sorters’ organisation.
— from A history of postal agitation from fifty years ago till the present day by H. G. Swift - But the Executive Committee, in their discretion, shall have power to reinstate such member.
— from American Big Game in Its Haunts: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club - The king resisted, however, any mention of episcopacy in the agreement; for he was as resolved as ever to reinstate the bishops.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion by Anonymous - It was necessary, if Monk refused the offers of the negotiator, to reinstate King Charles II.
— from The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas - And it seemed to him that he could only retain a remnant of his self-respect by doing something that would reinstate him in her opinion.
— from The Works of Charles Dudley WarnerProject Gutenberg Editions by Charles Dudley Warner - He was eager to tell it to the Sandersons, because he wanted to reinstate himself in their good graces.
— from Mavericks by William MacLeod Raine - I must get back to London; I must reinstate myself in my desolate house, and face it all, face it all.
— from Peter by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson - The warning colours reinstate a conscious situation, so that, misled by appearances, a bird mistakes the mimicking insect for its nauseous “model.”
— from Animal Behaviour by C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd) Morgan - But in all ultimate moral matters, it tended to reinstate the principle of authority.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - In this fashion she made them when, after pillage, it was possible to reinstate the housewifely crafts.
— from The Land of Little Rain by Mary Hunter Austin
