reconstitute
verb (used with object)
to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
have reconstituted
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present perfectof reconstitute.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“The Iranians appear to have reconstituted some capability to produce missiles, but are not where they were previously,” Lair said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
“To have reconstituted my parents as movie stars, and to dance with them on film, is, psychologically, moving in the right direction,” Mills said.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 1, 2017
Some of the players who defected in 2008 have reconstituted their team in the Netherlands, and Arefaine and his teammates talked dreamily of their compatriots’ new lives.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
Could he have had his way, he would have reconstituted the United States as British Colonies at a moment's notice.
From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope
The shires probably marked some stage in the consolidation of the Saxon settlements; at all events they were ancient divisions which Alfred can at most only have reconstituted in a revised form after the anarchy.
From Lectures and Essays by Goldwin Smith
