Definition of Restitute

1. Verb. Give or bring back. "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"

Exact synonyms: Restore
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"
Exact synonyms: Renovate
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

resting phase
resting potential
resting saliva
resting stage
resting tidal volume
resting tremor
resting wandering cell
restings
restinguish
restinguished
restitch
restitched
restitches
restitching
restitope
restitute (current term)
restituted
restitutes
restituting
restitution
restitutions
restitutive
restitutor
restitutors
restitutory
restive
restively
restiveness
restivenesses
restless

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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