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reconstituted

reconstituted is the simple past and past participle of reconstitute.

Meaning of reconstitute

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

Adjective

reconstituted

  1. constructed anew

Words formed from reconstituted

Questions about reconstituted

What does reconstituted mean?
Reconstituted means constructed anew.
What is reconstituted the simple past and past participle of?
Reconstituted is the simple past and past participle of reconstitute.
What part of speech is reconstituted?
Reconstituted is an adjective.

Words near reconstituted in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reconstituted (page history and authors); reconstitute (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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