redintegrate

American

[red-in-ti-greyt, ri-din-] / rɛdˈɪn tɪˌgreɪt, rɪˈdɪn- /

verb (used with object)

redintegrated, redintegrating

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

redintegrate British

/ rɛˈdɪntɪˌɡreɪt /

verb

(tr) to make whole or complete again; restore to a perfect state; renew
(intr) psychol to engage in the process of redintegration

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Other Word Forms

redintegrative adjective

Etymology

Origin of redintegrate

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 )

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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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What could redintegrate us again?

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