reconsume

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verb

To consume again.

OriginEnglish consume ← Middle English consumen ← Old French consumer →
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Meanings

verbreconsume (third-person singular simple present reconsumes, present participle reconsuming, simple past and past participle reconsumed)

present singular third person reconsumes · participle present reconsuming · participle past reconsumed · past reconsumed

  1. transitiveTo consume again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  12. Proto-Italic*supo
  13. Latinsub
  14. Latinsub-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  17. Proto-Italic*emō
  18. Latinemō
  19. Latinsūmō
  20. Latincōnsūmō
  21. Old Frenchconsumer
  22. Middle Englishconsumen
  23. Englishconsume
  24. Englishreconsume

From re- + consume.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cornemuse
Cite this entry
APA

reconsume. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsume

MLA

“reconsume.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsume. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconsume,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsume.

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