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Topic Options #127166 - 04/09/04 04:04 PM instauration wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Mon Mar 17 00:01:07 EST 2003 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--instauration instauration (in-sto-RAY-shuhn) noun 1. Renewal; renovation; restoration. 2. An act of founding or establishing something. [From Latin instauration-, from instauratio, from instaurare (to renew). Other words derived from the same root are: store, restore, and stow.] Der Quibblemeister says Def.1 is in error. How can you renew something until after it has been started? Top #127167 - 04/09/04 04:47 PM Re: instauration Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Looking at the etymology it looks like def 2 is the one in error. Top #127168 - 04/09/04 04:56 PM Re: instauration wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Faldage: so AHD by its own admission, makes the same mistake. instauration SYLLABICATION: in·stau·ra·tion PRONUNCIATION: nstô-rshn NOUN: 1. Renovation; restoration. 2. The institution or establishment of something. ETYMOLOGY: Latin nstaurti, nstaurtin-, from nstaurtus, past participle of nstaurre, to renew. See st- in Appendix I. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209740 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 36 Guests and 3 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 52 endymion6 45 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 29 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 16 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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