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reˈconstituted, ppl. a.
[f. reconstitute v. + -ed1.]
That has been constituted or formed anew; applied spec. to food which has been dehydrated and subsequently made ready for use by adding liquid. reconstituted stone = reconstructed stone s.v. reconstructed ppl. a. a.
1850H. Martineau Hist. Peace II. iv. xii. 157 The first act of the reconstituted government was to carry a new Coercion Bill. 1925Chem. Abstr. XIX. 545 Acidity of the reconstituted milk was a little lower than that of raw milk. 1928Daily Mail 30 July 13/3 Reconstituted and synthetic cream. 1946Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 2/1 Dark fruit cake... 6 oz fruit, 2 reconstituted eggs, [etc.]. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 348/2 Reconstituted dried egg may be used in making batter. 1966D. Francis Flying Finish vi. 77 The floors were some sort of reconstituted stone heated from underneath. 1969Guardian 20 Sept. 9/7 Mother and father eating fish fingers and reconstituted potatoes in gloomy silence. 1976A. Davis Television ii. 32 The BBC converter..works by storing the signals relating to each line of the picture and releasing them at the right moment to take their place in a reconstituted picture at the new standard. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 159/3 Reconstituted stone, where the natural material is crushed and recast in blocks simulating the original in color and texture, with the advantage that the blocks are of uniform size. |