rehydrate en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydr- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French hydratebor. English hydrate English rehydrate From re- + hydrate.
Meanings
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To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.
For two weeks, the subject had to be manually rehydrated due to the constant crying.
2009 November 23, “Gateway of the Mind”, in Creepypasta, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2009:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rehydrating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rehydrates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rehydrated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rehydrated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
dehydrate · reconstitute · hydrate
Synonyms
Translations (3)
fr réhydrater (resupply water) · it reidratare (resupply water) · es rehidratar (resupply water)