REINSTA’TE, v. t. [re and instate] To place in possession or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom; to reinstate one in the affections of his family.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster 1828, Vol. II., page 53.

REINSTA’TEMENT, n.
    The act of putting in a former state; re-establishment. Marshall.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster 1828, Vol. II., page 53.

REINSTATE. To restore to a state from which one has been removed. Com’rs of Sinking Fund, 86 Ky. 190, 5 S.W. 567.
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, Third Revision (8^th Edition)(1914), Volume III., page 2681.

reinstate (re-in-stat’). To reinstate, according to Webster, means to restore to a state from which one has been removed. To remove, he says, means to move away from the position occupied; to displace, as to remove a building. See South v. Commissioners of Sinking Fund, 86 Ky. 190, 5 S. W. Rep. 567.
Law Dictionary, James A. Ballentine, Second Edition, 1948, page 1109.

REINSTATE. To reinstall; to reestablish; to place again in a former state, condition, or office; to restore to a state or position from which the object or person had been removed. Collins v. U.S., 15 Ct.Cl. 22; Lowry v. Ætna Life Ins. Co., Tex.Civ.App., 120 S.W.2d 505, 507.
Black’s Law Dictionary 4^th Edition (1951), page 1452.

re-in|state (rë’in stät’) vt. -|stat’ed, -|stat’ing to instate again, restore to a former condition, position, etc. –re’in|state’ment n.
Webster’s New World Dictionary, 3^rd College Ed. (1988), page 1132.