recondition

re·con·di·tion

verb \ˌrē-kən-ˈdi-shən\

Definition of RECONDITION

transitive verb

1

: to restore to good condition (as by replacing parts)

2

: to condition (as a person or a person's attitudes) anew; also : to reinstate (a response) in an organism

Examples of RECONDITION

1. He reconditioned the old car.
2. <asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm>

First Known Use of RECONDITION

1920

Related to RECONDITION

Synonyms: doctor, fix, patch, mend, renovate, repair, revamp

Related Words: fix up, furbish, overhaul, rebuild, reconstruct, refurbish; aid, cure, heal, help; condition, prepare, ready; care (for), maintain, service; freshen, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, revive; adjust, correct, modify, rectify, redress, reform, right; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate

Near Antonyms: blemish, break, damage, deface, disfigure, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, ruin, spoil, vandalize, wreck; cripple, disable, maim, mangle, mutilate

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Rhymes with RECONDITION

acoustician, acquisition, admonition, aesthetician, air-condition, ammunition, apparition, apposition, coalition, co-edition, competition, composition, cosmetician, decommission, decondition, definition, demolition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, disquisition, electrician, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, first edition, imposition, in addition, inanition, in commission, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intromission, intuition, linguistician, logistician, malnutrition, malposition, manumission, mathematician, mechanician, micturition, obstetrician, on commission, opposition, Ordovician, parturition, politician, precognition, precondition, premonition, preposition, proposition, recognition, repetition, requisition, rescue mission, rhetorician, self-ignition, statistician, submunition, superstition, supposition, text edition, trade edition, transposition