reconstitute

From re- + constitute.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈkɑnstɪˌt(j)ut/

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reconstitute (third-person singular simple present reconstitutes, present participle reconstituting, simple past and past participle reconstituted)

1. (transitive) to construct something anew, or in a different manner
   • 1979, Michel Foucault, translated by Alan Sheridan, Discipline and Punish, page 55:

     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.

2. (transitive) to add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency