redintegrate [rɛdˈɪntɪˌgreɪt] v.t.
1.) To restore to a state of wholeness, completeness or unity; to renew, re-establish, in a united or perfect state (O.E.D. 2nd Edition).
Etymology: from participle stem of Latin redintegrāre to make whole again, restore, renew, from red- re- + integrāre to integrate.
"Redintegrate the fame first of your house,
Restore your ladyship's quiet, render then
Your niece a virgin and unvitiated,
And make all plain and perfect, as it was,
A practice to betray you, and your name?"
(The Magnetic Lady, Ben Johnson, 1641)
(Le Sacre de Napoléon, Jacques-Louis David, 1807)
4 comments:
Fun to say, easy to remember. I honestly figured I knew what it meant without getting too deep into the post. Kinda speaks for itself somehow, maybe I read I've read it recently.
So is our word "reintegrate" just that word without the "d"? Means the same thing. Adding the "d" sounds strange.
I must redintegrate the glory of my blogger status, but commenting on this post.
It seems like it should be reintegrate, not redintegrate, its making me crazy!
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