reconstitute

verb re·con·sti·tute \ (ˌ)rē-ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌtüt , -ˌtyüt \

Updated on: 14 Apr 2018

Definition of reconstitute

transitive verb

: to constitute again or anew; especially : to restore to a former condition by adding water

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reconstitution

play \(ˌ)rē-ˌkän(t)-stə-ˈtü-shən, -ˈtyü-\ noun

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Examples of reconstitute in a Sentence

They have plans to reconstitute the bankrupt company.

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Forensic Architecture relies on computer programs and digital animation software that model exotic building shapes to reconstitute bombed-out ruins, identify debris patterns from drone strikes and document tragedies like the fire.

— michael kimmelman, New York Times, "Forensics Helps Widen Architecture’s Mission," 6 Apr. 2018
Defense officials have said that ISIS has taken advantage of this pause to reconstitute itself in remote positions in the Middle Euphrates River Valley of Syria.

— ryan browne, CNN, "Top general says Trump has not given a Syria withdrawal timeline," 5 Apr. 2018
Extracting the potash involves using wells similar to oil and gas wells and injecting brine water to dissolve the potash, bring it to the surface, then dry it and reconstitute it.

— keith matheny, Detroit Free Press, "What is potash and why does Michigan have so much of it?," 16 Mar. 2018
Outrageous luxury is only one element in Koons’s masterly fusion of Pop content and minimalist aesthetics, which prophesied and still authorizes the cultural aplomb of our reconstituted, remorselessly ongoing gilded age.

— naomi fry, The New Yorker, "“Like Life” Shows Seven Hundred Years of the Body," 24 Mar. 2018
The steely gray powder then enters a reaction chamber, where it is broken down and reconstituted as a plastic-like composite material.

— ilan ben zion, USA TODAY, "Waste recycling: Israeli business says it can turn garbage into plastic products," 22 Mar. 2018
Nauert said the fighting in Afrin has distracted from the fight against Islamic State militants, allowing the extremists to begin to reconstitute in some areas.

— Fox News, "The Latest: 8 Security Council members demand Syria action," 19 Mar. 2018
The microprocessor and its improving intelligence capabilities are growing so fast that reconstituting the dead as living persons in the present will become a distinct future possibility.

— zoltan istvan, Newsweek, "Quantum Archaeology: The Quest to 3D Bioprint Every Dead Person Back to Life," 9 Mar. 2018
On Saturdays expect more labor-intensive dishes like oxtails, their flesh, fat, and collagen almost jiggling off the bone, and bacalao, mildly salty reconstituted dried codfish with potatoes and olives in tomato sauce.

— mike sula, Chicago Reader, "Morena’s Kitchen is Dominican food for the soul," 13 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of reconstitute

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RECONSTITUTE Defined for English Language Learners

reconstitute

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Definition of reconstitute for English Language Learners

: to form (an organization or group) again in a different way
: to return (something, such as dried food) to a former state by adding water

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reconstitute

transitive verb re·con·sti·tute \ (ˈ)rē-ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌt(y)üt \

medical Definition of reconstitute

reconstituted; reconstituting

: to constitute again or anew; especially : to restore to a former condition by adding liquid

reconstituted blood plasma

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