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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted" [syn: restructure, reconstitute]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1812 to constitute again or anew; especially to restore to a former condition by adding water • reconstitution noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & tr. 1 build up again from parts; reconstruct. 2 reorganize. 3 restore the previous constitution of (dried food etc.) by adding water. Derivatives: reconstitution n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reconstitutes, reconstituting, reconstituted) 1. If an organization or state is reconstituted, it is formed again in a different way. Slowly Jewish communities were reconstituted and Jewish life began anew. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 2. To reconstitute dried food means to add water to it so that it can be eaten. To reconstitute dried tomatoes, simmer in plain water until they are tender... Try eating reconstituted dried prunes, figs or apricots. VERB: V n, V-ed

Moby Thesaurus

copy, do over, duplicate, give back, make over, place in, put back, re-create, re-form, reactivate, readjust, realign, rearrange, rebuild, reconstruct, reconvert, recruit, redesign, redispose, redistribute, redo, reenact, reestablish, refashion, refill, reform, refound, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, reissue, remake, renovate, reorder, reorganize, repeat, replace, replenish, reprint, reproduce, reshape, reshuffle, restore, restructure, resurrect, retool, return, revest, revise, revive, shake up