Meanings
present singular third person reconstitutes · participle present reconstituting · participle past reconstituted · past reconstituted
- transitiveto 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 - transitiveto add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishconstitute
- Englishreconstitute
From re- + constitute.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German einweichen
- einweichento constitute again
Hungarian újraalkot, újragondol
- újraalkotto constitute again
- újragondolto constitute again
Italian ricostituire
- ricostituireto constitute again
Japanese 再構成
- 再構成 (saikōsei)to constitute again
Norwegian rekonstituere
- rekonstituereto constitute again
Cite this entry
reconstitute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconstitute
“reconstitute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconstitute. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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