relactate

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verb

To resume lactating, after stopping for a period of weeks or longer.

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Meanings

verbrelactate (third-person singular simple present relactates, present participle relactating, simple past and past participle relactated)

present singular third person relactates · participle present relactating · participle past relactated · past relactated

  1. intransitiveTo resume lactating, after stopping for a period of weeks or longer.

    “I have considered trying to relactate,” said Ms. Williams, referring to the difficult process of trying to restart breastfeeding after it has been stopped for weeks or months.

    2022 May 16, Catherine Pearson, “Amid a Worsening Formula Shortage, Mothers Are Asked: ‘Why Not Breastfeed?’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From re- + lactate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

altercate
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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