reconcentrate

verb

re·​con·​cen·​trate (ˌ)rē-ˈkän(t)-sən-ˌtrāt 

-ˌsen-

reconcentrated; reconcentrating; reconcentrates

1

transitive + intransitive : to concentrate further or again

… larger concerns over reconcentrating poverty from one area of the city to another.

—Antonio Olivo

If the glass broke down, the plutonium could reconcentrate, form a critical mass and carry on a nuclear chain reaction.

—C. Claiborne Ray

2

transitive : to subject to reconcentration (see reconcentration sense 2)

… the available data … indicate that 295,357 Cubans were reconcentrated, not counting those in the province of Havana, which supplied no data.

—John Lawrence Tone

Examples of reconcentrate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Berger’s design also allows Marines to reconcentrate forces quickly and as needed to form an effective light-infantry attack force. —Jerry Hendrix, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1