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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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Garcia suggested Benn could rehydrate to whatever weight he wanted after Friday's weigh-in but questioned whether his brain would recover sufficiently from the cut.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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

“One of the things that I do in this recipe is rehydrate milk powder. That sort of simulates khoa without all the effort, which I feel makes a huge difference,” Selvaraju adds.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

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

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

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

Many placed the towels over the heads to shield themselves and rehydrated with cool bottles of water.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

He was rehydrated with serums and an attempt was made to introduce liquid foods, but it was too late and and he died on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 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

Eubank Sr has labelled the Benn bout a "circus" because of the weight disparity; Benn is going up two divisions and Eubank is prohibited from rehydrating more than 10lb after the weigh-in.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025

The key to salvaging it - other than sandwiches slathered with mayonnaise - is rehydrating it in a flavorful sauce that turns it into a completely different meal.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

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

From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2023

Dozens of patients sat on white buckets or lay on stretchers as IV lines ran up to bags of rehydrating fluids that gleamed in the sun.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

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