🔗 To reconnect things 💑 To reunite romantically

to recouple

7.0

Form a couple with someone again after a breakup

verb
/ˌriːˈkʌpəl/

: reconciliarse

They thought their differences were too great, but eventually, they chose to recouple after months apart.

And the woman that I'd like to recouple up with is Perry.

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Examples

Were you surprised when Montel recoupled with Leah?

Cosmopolitan UK
After a brief separation, Jane and Mark decided to recouple and give their relationship another chance.
And the woman that I'd like to recouple up with is Perry.

MollyMae
Following their breakup, he felt it was time to recouple with his former partner and rekindle their love.

Synonyms

to reunite

vsto recouple

138 3.2

To bring people or things back together after being apart

concerns forming a romantic two-person relationship again rather than general reunion

to take back

vsto recouple

115 3.9

Begin a relationship again with someone after it ended

forms a couple again through mutual rejoining after separation

to reconnect

vsto recouple

86 3.7

Join things or people again after they were apart

is specifically about forming a romantic couple again

to rekindle

vsto recouple

33 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

focuses on making a romantic relationship reappear, not only restoring feelings

Antonyms

to separate

481 2.9

To move apart or stop being together

to disconnect

161 3.5

To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power

Surface Forms

recouple infinitive

recoupled past

recoupled past participle

recoupling present participle

recouples third person singular

Morphology

recouple = couple (transparent) = re + couple

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'couple' in this relationship sense.

Etymology

Recouple begins with re- meaning 'again' and uses couple, which means a 'pair' or 'to join'. So, recouple means to 'become a pair again', as when people get back together after a separation.