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reconstitute

UK/ɹiːˈkɒnstɪtjuːt//ɹiˈkɑnstɪˌt(j)ut/

reconstitute verb: to construct something anew, or in a different manner.

Verb

reconstitute (third-person singular simple present reconstitutes, present participle reconstituting, simple past and past participle reconstituted)

  1. (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
  2. (transitive) to add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency

reconstitute meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

reconstitute in Tamil

திரும்பவும் அமை, மாற்றி அமை, மாற்றியமை, மீள அமை

reconstitute in Urdu

دوبارہ بنانا, پھرسے بنانا, تعمیر نو کرنا

reconstitute in Kannada

ಪುನರ್ರಚಿಸು, ಪುನರ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೊಳಿಸು, ಪುನಃ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡು, ಉಪಯೋಗಾರ್ಹವಾಗಿಸು

Forms of reconstitute

third-person singular presentreconstitutes
present participlereconstituting
past participlereconstituted
pastreconstituted

Past tense of reconstitute: reconstituted

Origin of reconstitute

From re- + constitute.

Words formed from reconstitute

Questions about reconstitute

What does reconstitute mean?
Reconstitute means to construct something anew, or in a different manner.
What is reconstitute in Tamil?
Reconstitute in Tamil is திரும்பவும் அமை, மாற்றி அமை, மாற்றியமை. See Reconstitute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reconstitute?
Reconstitute is a verb.
How do you pronounce reconstitute?
Reconstitute is pronounced /ɹiːˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of reconstitute?
The past tense of reconstitute is reconstituted.

Words near reconstitute in the dictionary

  1. reconstellations
  2. reconstituent
  3. reconstituents
  4. reconstitutability
  5. reconstitutable
  6. reconstitute
  7. reconstituteable
  8. reconstituted
  9. reconstitutes
  10. reconstituting
  11. reconstitution

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reconstitute (page history and authors); reconstitute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconstitute (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconstitute (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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