redintegrate

[red-in-ti-greyt, ri-din-]

verb (used with object)

redintegrated, redintegrating 

1. to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.

redintegrate

/ rɛˈdɪntɪˌɡreɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to make whole or complete again; restore to a perfect state; renew

2. (intr) psychol to engage in the process of redintegration

Other Word Forms

• redintegrative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of redintegrate¹

1400–50; late Middle English redintegraten < Latin redintegrātus (past participle of redintegrāre to make whole again), equivalent to red- red- + integr- (stem of integer ) whole, entire + -ātus -ate ¹ ( integrate )

Word History and Origins

Origin of redintegrate¹

C15: from Latin redintegrāre to renew, from red- _re- + integer complete

Example Sentences

Redintegrate, rē-din′tē-grāt, v.t. to restore to integrity again: to renew:—pr.p. redin′tegrāting; pa.p. redin′tegrāted.—n.

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