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Definition of Restitute
1. Verb. Give or bring back. "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"
Generic synonyms: Give Back, Refund, Repay, Return
Derivative terms: Restitution, Restoration
2. Verb. Restore to a previous or better condition. "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"
Generic synonyms: Regenerate, Renew
Derivative terms: Renovation, Renovation, Renovator, Restitution
Definition of Restitute
1. v. t. To restore to a former state.
2. n. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
Definition of Restitute
1. Verb. (transitive) To restore (something) to its former condition or to provide recompense for (something). ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To refund. ¹
3. Noun. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Restitute
1. [v -TUTED, -TUTING, -TUTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Restitute
Literary usage of Restitute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Virginia Colonial Decisions by Virginia General Court, John Randolph, Edward Barradall (1909)
"Restitute Whiston entered and intermarried with one Thomas Steel and by him.
had Issue Thomas Steel her eldest Son & Heir; And afterwards intermarried with ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... of the following descriptions, in every case in which the ' Restitute ...
on the reverse of the title-page appears ' Opere Restitute Mathematicae Operi ..."
3. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1880)
"Geneva restitute, p. ... Persius. $ Farello pro veritate strenue stante, etc.
— Geneva restitute. ..."
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