instaurate
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prettygoodwordinstaurate - v., to renew, renovate, re-institute.
The noun of the action, instauration, seems to be more common -- especially in litcrit of fantasy (where an instauration of the world is sometimes held to be the hallmark of "true" fantasy). From Latin instaurare, to renew.
---L.
The noun of the action, instauration, seems to be more common -- especially in litcrit of fantasy (where an instauration of the world is sometimes held to be the hallmark of "true" fantasy). From Latin instaurare, to renew.
---L.
