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Meaning of instauro | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

[ĩːˈstau̯.roː]

Definitions

to set up, erect, make
conjugation-1
to repeat, start, or perform anew or afresh; renew (after a period of disuse), resume
conjugation-1

Conjugation

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Equivalents

English erect make repeat to set up

Examples

“… īnstauratque diem dōnīs, pecudumque reclūsīs”

And [Dido] repeats [the ritual] with [divine] offerings [each] day. And poring over the still-throbbing entrails within the just-opened breasts of [sacrificial] animals, she takes counsel [therein]. (Dido — acting as a haruspex — keeps re-enacting the extispicium as if there had been an error, a practice known as instauratio.)

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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