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re-member

re-member verb: to reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered.

Verb

re-member (third-person singular simple present re-members, present participle re-membering, simple past and past participle re-membered)

  1. (uncommon) To reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered.
    • This metaphysical flesh is the wooden phallus with which Isis re-members Osiris, it is ...1973, Kenneth John Criqui, Dreams of the Swift Queen Turning Back on Herself Through the Gates, page 35
    • Eventually Isis manages to recover all but one of the pieces (the phallus, of course, being the missing part, but she magically fashions a replacement for it) and to re-member Osiris, who then becomes god of the afterworld.1988, Christine Downing, Psyche's Sisters: Reimagining the Meaning of Sisterhood, HarperCollins

Forms of re-member

third-person singular presentre-members
present participlere-membering
past participlere-membered
pastre-membered
alternative formremember

Origin of re-member

From re- + member.

Questions about re-member

What does re-member mean?
Re-member means to reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered.
What part of speech is re-member?
Re-member is a verb.
What is the past tense of re-member?
The past tense of re-member is re-membered.

Words near re-member in the dictionary

  1. re-marks
  2. re-master
  3. re-mastered
  4. re-mastering
  5. re-masters
  6. re-member
  7. re-membered
  8. re-membering
  9. re-members
  10. re-Mirandize
  11. re-Mirandized

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