reconstituting

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