instate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=state

CIDE DICTIONARY

instate, v. t. 

 To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

instate, v.tr. (often foll. by in) install; establish.

Etymology

IN-(2) + STATE

THESAURUS

instate

anoint, chair, crown, enlist, enroll, enthrone, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, invest, ordain, place, place in office, put in, sign on, sign up, throne