rehydrate

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verb

To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.

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proofbloom
OriginEnglish hydrate ← French hydrate ← Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-) →
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Meanings

verbrehydrate (third-person singular simple present rehydrates, present participle rehydrating, simple past and past participle rehydrated)

present singular third person rehydrates · participle present rehydrating · participle past rehydrated · past rehydrated

  1. To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.

    For two weeks, the subject had to be manually rehydrated due to the constant crying.

    2009 November 23, “Gateway of the Mind”, in Creepypasta, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2009

    Synonyms: proof, bloom

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.

Similar
proofbloom
Also see
bloomproof

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  10. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  11. Frenchhydr-
  12. Frenchhydrate
  13. Englishhydrate
  14. Englishrehydrate

From re- + hydrate.

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Translations

French réhydrater
  • réhydraterresupply water
Italian reidratare
  • reidratareresupply water
Spanish rehidratar
  • rehidratarresupply water
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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