reculture

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verb

To change the culture of (a social institution).

“to reculture a troubled school”

OriginEnglish culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra →
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Meanings

verbreculture (third-person singular simple present recultures, present participle reculturing, simple past and past participle recultured)

present singular third person recultures · participle present reculturing · participle past recultured · past recultured

  1. transitiveTo change the culture of (a social institution).

    to reculture a troubled school

  2. transitivebiologyTo culture again or anew.

    The colonies in each well were pooled and recultured for characterization and storage.

    2015 August 29, “Generation of SNCA Cell Models Using Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) Technology for Efficient High-Throughput Drug Screening”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincultūra
  11. Middle Frenchculture
  12. Englishculture
  13. Englishreculture

From re- + culture.

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APA

reculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reculture

MLA

“reculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reculture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reculture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reculture.

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