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reconstiˈtution
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. reconstitution (Littré).]
1. a. A fresh constitution.
1848E. A. Poe Eureka 141 The regathering of..Matter and Spirit will be but the re-constitution of..God. 1853Mill Diss. & Disc., Grote's Greece (1859) II. 542 Demanding a reconstitution of society from its foundations, and a complete renovation of the human mind. 1884in Littell's Living Age CLXI. 62 On the re-constitution of the Abbey as a collegiate church.
b. In French criminal procedure, the action of going over the supposed details of a crime at the place where it was committed.
1897Daily News 13 Dec. 5/6 The two prisoners..were taken to the scene of the murder for the ‘reconstitution’ of the crime.
2. The restoration of dehydrated food to its original constitution by the addition of liquid.
1920Nat. Food Jrnl. II. 595/1 The Clauses..prohibiting the addition to milk of colouring matter or water, the reconstitution of milk [etc.]..will remain in force. 1945ABC of Cookery (Min. of Food) xvii. 59 If dried eggs are used they may be added dry with the other dry ingredients and the water needed for reconstitution added with the mixing liquid. |
