reconstitute

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

Definition of reconstitute

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

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.

Recent Examples of reconstitute from the Web

They will be held once the board is reconstituted, according to EPA officials.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Democrats despondent, Trump emboldened after GOP victory in Georgia special election", 21 June 2017
Because of the need to reconstitute the board, EPA is also canceling all subcommittee meetings planned for late summer and fall, Kavlock said.

— sean reilly, Science | AAAS, "EPA sheds 38 more science advisers, cancels panel meetings", 20 June 2017
The mosque was raided by the authorities in January 2003, and in February 2005 it was reconstituted —

— iliana magra and sewell chan, New York Times, "Van Hits Pedestrians Near a Mosque in London, Killing One", 18 June 2017
The debt Beijing is ostensibly trying to rinse away through deleveraging is being reconstituted in a new form.

— anjani trivedi, WSJ, "Beijing Lands in Another Debt Mess", 9 June 2017
Reconstituting an earlier life or a memory of an earlier time is no easy task.

— corey atad, Esquire, "Twin Peaks Is Still Trying to Put Itself Back Together", 5 June 2017
The school was reconstituted in the 2015-2016 school year, its second shakeup in five years.

— alejandra matos, Washington Post, "One D.C. school lost more than a quarter of its teaching staff this year.", 28 May 2017
Black feels that the United States should defund and withdraw from the United Nations and reconstitute the movement to achieve world peace for all in a new world body.

— sergio carmona, Jewish Journal, "Author talks about defunding and replacing the U.N.", 22 May 2017
But after three straight presidential losses, the party establishment opted instead to fend off Jackson’s insurgency and reconstitute itself around Clintonian centrism.

— jeet heer, New Republic, "The promise—and perils—of the fight against Trump.", 11 May 2017

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