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redintegrative

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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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red·in·te·gra·tion   (rěd-ĭn'tĭ-grā'shən, rĭ-dĭn'-)   
n.   Psychology
Evocation of a particular state of mind resulting from the recurrence of one of the elements that made up the original experience.

[Middle English redintegracion, from Latin redintegrātiō, redintegrātiōn-, from redintegrātus, past participle of redintegrāre, to make whole again : re-, red-, re- + integer, whole, entire; see integer.]
red·in'te·gra'tive adj., red·in'te·gra'tor n.
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