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recondition

[ ree-kuhn-dish-uhn ]
/ ˌri kənˈdɪʃ ən /
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verb (used with object)
to restore to a good or satisfactory condition; repair; make over.
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Origin of recondition

First recorded in 1915–20; re- + condition

Words nearby recondition

reconcile, reconciliate, reconciliation, reconciliatory, recondite, recondition, reconfigure, reconfirm, reconnaissance, reconnaissance car, reconnaissance satellite
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Words related to recondition

fix up, refit, refurbish, remodel, resuscitate, brace, continue, exhilarate, extend, freshen, furbish, gentrify, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recreate

How to use recondition in a sentence

  • Employees came in on a Saturday to produce extra WD-40 to meet the needs of disaster victims, to recondition flood- and rain-damaged vehicles and equipment.

    20 ingenious uses for WD-40|By Bill Heavey/Field & Stream|February 11, 2021|Popular-Science

  • It is time for the Israeli leadership to recondition their thinking process and adopt new pragmatic strategies towards Gaza.

    The End Of Deterrence|Nervana Mahmoud|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST

  • The Rehab Shop was equipped not only to recondition machines but to test them.

    The Machine That Saved The World|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

  • Teach a man to kill, as in war, and then you have to recondition him later.

    The Time Traders|Andre Norton

British Dictionary definitions for recondition

recondition
/ (ˌriːkənˈdɪʃən) /
verb
(tr) to restore to good condition or working orderto recondition an engine

Derived forms of recondition

reconditioned, adjective
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