reconstitute

/riˌkɑnstəˈtut/

Other forms: reconstituted; reconstituting; reconstitutes

To reconstitute something is to rebuild it or change the way it's organized. After your club president moves away, you might reconstitute the group by putting the former treasurer in charge and inviting new members to join.

You get reconstitute by adding re-, "again," to constitute, from a Latin word meaning "form something new" or "set in order." Taking the disassembled pieces of something and putting them back together is one way to reconstitute something. You might reconstitute a group of friends who spent an angry summer not speaking to each other, or reconstitute a bowl of dehydrated ramen noodles by adding boiling water, restoring them to their original, delicious state.

Definitions of reconstitute

1. verb

   construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
   “The governing board was reconstituted”

   synonyms: restructure

   type of:

   structure

   give a structure to