reconstitute

[ ree-kon-sti-toot, -tyoot ]

/ riˈkɒn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut /

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verb (used with object), re·con·sti·tut·ed, re·con·sti·tut·ing.

to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.

to return (a dehydrated or concentrated food) to the liquid state by adding water: to reconstitute a bouillon cube with hot water.

verb (used without object), re·con·sti·tut·ed, re·con·sti·tut·ing.

to undergo reconstitution; become reconstituted.

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Origin of reconstitute

First recorded in 1805–15; re- + constitute

OTHER WORDS FROM reconstitute

re·con·sti·tu·ent

[ree-kuhn-stich-oo-uhnt], /ˌri kənˈstɪtʃ u ənt/, adjective, nounre·con·sti·tut·a·ble, re·con·sti·tut·i·ble, adjectivere·con·sti·tu·tive, adjectivere·con·sti·tu·tion, noun

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How to use reconstitute in a sentence

He is also reconstituting an advisory group to aid in the selection of productions to record.
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At the end of the day we have an entire legal system built on evidence and all of these measures that are put in place to ensure that evidence is captured and it can be reconstituted and adjudicated over and over and over again.
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Typically, recycling involves breaking the battery down into pure chemical components that can be reconstituted for brand-new battery materials.
New “targeted healing” approach rejuvenates run-down battery materials|Scott K. Johnson|November 19, 2020|Ars Technica
Particle by particle, the information needed to reconstitute your body will reemerge.
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Rogers says that Apeel has installed its equipment at Houweling’s facility, where its product arrives in powder form before it’s reconstituted and applied to the produce.
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Zionism itself was created as a vehicle for the reconstitution of a Jewish national home.
(Mis)Interpreting Zionist History|Brent E. Sasley|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
General Stewart had commanded the 154th Brigade since its reconstitution as a Highland brigade.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918|Frederick William Bewsher
He had, doubtless conscientiously, laboured for the reconstitution Dissolution of the Frankish Empire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various
A reconstitution of the military organization seemed to him to be necessary.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various
Planchon was one of the first to suggest, and always urged, the reconstitution of French vineyards by the use of American stocks.
The Grapes of New York|U. P. Hedrick
I was aware of a spiritual change, or, perhaps, rather a molecular reconstitution.
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British Dictionary definitions for reconstitute

reconstitute

/ (riːˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt) /

verb (tr)

to restore (food, etc) to its former or natural state or a semblance of it, as by the addition of water to a concentratereconstituted lemon juice

to reconstruct; form again

Derived forms of reconstitute

reconstituent (ˌriːkənˈstɪtjʊənt), adjective, nounreconstitution, noun

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