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red⋅in⋅te⋅grate

  [red-in-ti-greyt, ri-din-]
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–verb (used with object), -grat⋅ed, -grat⋅ing.
to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME redintegraten < L redintegrātus (ptp. of redintegrāre to make whole again), equiv. to red- red- + integr- (s. of integer) whole, entire + -ātus -ate 1 (see integrate )

Related forms:
red⋅in⋅te⋅gra⋅tive, adjective
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Redintegrate

Re*din"te*grate\ (r?*d?n"t?*gr?t), a. [L. redintegratus, p. p. of redintegrare to restore; pref. red-, re-, re- + integrare to make whole, to renew, fr. integer whole. See Integer.] Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. --Bacon.

Redintegrate

Re*din"te*grate\ (-gr?t), v. t. To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.

The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again? --Coleridge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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