redintegrate
/ɹɛˈdɪntɪɡɹeɪt/
redintegrate means to renew, restore to wholeness. It carries an Arena rating of 1528, earned across 2 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, redintegrate ranks #3,179 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #4,384 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,442 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #5,234 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
redintegrate is pronounced /ɹɛˈdɪntɪɡɹeɪt/.
Why “redintegrate” is a great word
To restore something to its original, unified wholeness. From the Latin redintegrō, from red- ("again, back") + integrare ("to make whole, renew"), first attested in English in the early 15th century. Unlike "repair," which addresses a specific breach, or "renew," which suggests a fresh start, to redintegrate is to recover a lost integrity, to draw scattered parts back into their essential unity. It is the patient reassembly of a shattered heirloom, the slow knitting of a fractured bone into seamless strength, the quiet reconciliation of a self pulled apart by time—the silent, profound work of making a broken thing not merely functional, but complete once more.
Etymology
From the Latin redintegrō (“to restore or renew; to refresh or revive”).
verb
- To renew, restore to wholeness.
- To reinstate a memory by redintegration.
adj
- Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.
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