reconstitute
verb
re·con·sti·tute
(ˌ)rē-ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌtüt 
-ˌtyüt
reconstituted; reconstituting; reconstitutes
: to constitute again or anew
especially
: to restore to a former condition by adding water
Examples of reconstitute in a Sentence
They have plans to reconstitute the bankrupt company.
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After the war ended, the Soviet Union effectively plundered the eastern portion of Germany by disassembling thousands of factories and transferring their equipment to Soviet territory, where the plants were reconstituted and run by Soviet workers.
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Stephen G. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Criminals, insurgents, and reconstituted Hamas battalions have filled the resulting vacuums.
—David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
This would only allow Hamas to reconstitute itself and continue the fighting.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
The division was then disbanded in 1946, before being reconstituted in 1947 as the bureau that still exists today.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 28 May 2024
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Stephen G. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Criminals, insurgents, and reconstituted Hamas battalions have filled the resulting vacuums.
—David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
This would only allow Hamas to reconstitute itself and continue the fighting.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
The division was then disbanded in 1946, before being reconstituted in 1947 as the bureau that still exists today.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 28 May 2024
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reconstitute
verb
re·con·sti·tute
(ˈ)rē-ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌt(y)üt
: to return to a former condition by adding water
Medical Definition
reconstitute
transitive verb
re·con·sti·tute
(ˈ)rē-ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌt(y)üt
reconstituted; reconstituting
: to constitute again or anew
especially
: to restore to a former condition by adding liquid
reconstituted blood plasma
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