RESTITUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restitute mean? 

• RESTITUTE (verb)
  The verb RESTITUTE has 2 senses:

1. give or bring back

2. restore to a previous or better condition

  Familiarity information: RESTITUTE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTITUTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they restitute    ... he / she / it restitutes   
Past simple: restituted   
Past participle: restituted   
-ing form: restituting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give or bring back

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

restitute; restore

Context example:

Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner

Hypernyms (to "restitute" is one way to...):

give back; refund; repay; return (pay back)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

restitution (getting something back again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Restore to a previous or better condition

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

renovate; restitute

Context example:

They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Hypernyms (to "restitute" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

restitution (the act of restoring something to its original state)