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rehydrate

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[ree-hahy-drayt] / riˈhaɪ dreɪt /

verb (used with object)

rehydrated, rehydrating
  1. to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).


Other Word Forms


Etymology

Origin of rehydrate

1920–25; re- + hydrate, on the model of dehydrate


Example Sentences

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“I’m sure he’ll rehydrate and be ready for tomorrow.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

They became a bigger selling point for beverages after Gatorade, launched in the 1960s, and Powerade, launched in the 1980s, marketed them as a something that could help athletes rehydrate.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

You freeze-dry it and you rehydrate it on the battlefield with drinking water, and that’s it.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

"A donkey will be able to go for perhaps 24 hours without drinking and can rehydrate very quickly without any problems."

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

First I fill my bottle with the pool water, treat it, and when enough time has passed, begin to rehydrate my body.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Three Iranian men pressed rehydrated raisins at an artisan distillery just outside New York, thousands of miles from their war-struck homeland.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

To make the treatment more convenient, they said, the device can be freeze-dried for storage and easily rehydrated when needed.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024

A day earlier, Defense Minister Iván Velásquez had said the children were being rehydrated and couldn’t eat food yet.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

The Londoner said: "I feel good. It's nice to get all this out of the way. Get back, rehydrated, replenish and get ready to go tomorrow night."

From BBC ● May 6, 2023

Dried biscuits, rehydrated and quick-baked, were added to the feast.

From The Runaway Asteroid by Michael D. Cooper

Grab some tissues and rehydrating electrolytes to prepare for this gorgeous drama to wreck you in the best way.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025

At Kuwadzana Polyclinic, cholera patients lined up in a special tent set up for them and were given a cup of rehydrating sugar and salt solution on arrival.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

People worldwide and across the West are already rehydrating, rather than dehydrating, the land.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2023

Mr. Stolsky said that rehydrating non-dairy milk is more difficult.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

If he forgot his water bottle, he had to train without rehydrating in the hot Mallorcan sun.

From BBC ● May 25, 2021

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