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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

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

rehydrator · rehydratable

Relateds

dehydrate · reconstitute · hydrate

Synonyms

bloom · proof

Translations (3)

fr réhydrater (resupply water) · it reidratare (resupply water) · es rehidratar (resupply water)