reconstitute en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /ɹiˈkɑnstɪˌt(j)ut/ (US)
- /ɹiːˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English constitute English reconstitute From re- + constitute.
Meanings
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(transitive) to construct something anew, or in a different manner
The public execution, then, has a juridico-political function. It is a ceremonial by which a momentarily injured sovereignty is reconstituted. It restores that sovereignty by manifesting it at its most spectacular.
1979, Michel Foucault, translated by Alan Sheridan, Discipline and Punish, page 55:
- (transitive) to add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reconstituted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reconstituted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reconstituting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reconstitutes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reconstitutable · reconstitutor · reconstitutability · reconstituteable
Translations (6)
it ricostituire (to constitute again) · no rekonstituere (to constitute again) · hu újragondol (to constitute again) · ja 再構成 (to constitute again) · hu újraalkot (to constitute again) · de einweichen (to constitute again)