reconstitute
Americanverb (used with object)
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to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
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to return (a dehydrated or concentrated food or other substance) to the liquid state by adding water.
to reconstitute a bouillon cube with hot water.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to restore (food, etc) to its former or natural state or a semblance of it, as by the addition of water to a concentrate
reconstituted lemon juice
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to reconstruct; form again
Other Word Forms
- reconstituent adjective
- reconstitutable adjective
- reconstitutible adjective
- reconstitution noun
- reconstitutive adjective
Etymology
Origin of reconstitute
First recorded in 1805–15; re- + constitute
Example Sentences
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Iran’s “regime was trying to reconstitute its weapons program at a different site” before the war, he said, “protected by granite.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Hennessy doesn’t disclose precisely when it will next reconstitute the portfolio, but it happens every year on or after Sept. 1.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
The board is scheduled to reconstitute Thursday with the close of Skydance Media’s $8.4-billion acquisition of Paramount Global.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
At a time when the Austro-Hungarian empire was in its final years, Schiele turned to landscape as if to reconstitute a disintegrating world.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024
Recognizing that the Pilgrims would be unlikely to keep him around forever, Tisquantum decided to gather together the few survivors of Patuxet and reconstitute the old community at a site near Plymouth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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