to reconstitute
- verb
- /ˌriːˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt/
- Dehydrated foods require only water to reconstitute.
- reconstituted tobacco
Examples
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Be sure to browse the recommendations around the dried-up beans so they will reconstitute back to their original plumpness.
Blog text (16) -
Cover with plastic wrap and let stand until the tomatoes are reconstituted, about 30 minutes.
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You stick a a water gun into it and squirt water in, you know, to reconstitute it, but it's it's freeze dried food.
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It's fully reconstituted now, so the yolk inside feels a little different.
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Is that a dried fish that's been reconstituted in pickle brine?
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The hot lunch is turkey with reconstituted dried mashed potatoes and gravy, a damp green vegetable, and a cookie.
Fiction book (1999) -
Boiled, not bottled mineral water, must be used for reconstituting baby milk, as mineral water can have a high salt content, which is dangerous for babies.
Academic text (2012) -
And then there were those five infants who had eaten no food at all—just formula reconstituted with tap water—all of whom were ill.
Academic text (2008) -
Just add water, and the noodles reconstitute in 10 to 15 minutes.
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The customer would then add the water on-site to reconstitute the product.
Synonyms
To add water to something dry to make it moist again
To mix small particles or cells that have settled so they float in a liquid again
Antonyms
How Rehydrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
reconstitute = constitute (semi-transparent) = re + constitute
The idea of restoring something to its former composition fits 're-' plus 'constitute', but the specific technical use for dried food or powder is narrower than the literal composition suggests.
Etymology
Reconstitute combines the prefix re- ('again') with constitute ('set up'), the same root as constitution. So, when you add water to powder and 'make it again', you are reconstituting it back into its original form.