rearticulatedadj.
/ˌriːɑːˈtɪkjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /riɑrˈtɪkjəˌleɪdᵻd/ 1. Phonetics. Of a geminate or long vowel or consonant: that is realized phonetically as two separately articulated consecutive sounds.
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1916 Amer. Anthropologist 18 416 Both languages likewise possess rearticulated vowels.
1964 Language 40 78 Verbs with rearticulated root vowel often appear in apocopated form in rapid speech.
2001 D. C. Walker French Sound Structure v. 170 By ‘geminate’ is meant a single articulation whose duration is prolonged, not a repeated or rearticulated consonant.
2. Articulated for a second or further time; reassembled, reconstituted.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > relating to reconstruction > reconstructed
reconstructed1834
rearticulated1919
1919 H. Bechhold Colloids in Biol. & Med. 131 Chemistry..aims to investigate the structure of individual chemical substances..by splitting them, synthesizing them, and comparing the regenerated (rearticulated) substance with the original.
1963 Economist 21 Sept. 987/2 A wholly rearticulated Office of External Relations.
2002 P. Blom To have & to Hold (2003) 65 The theatre also displayed the rearticulated bones of a sheep-stealer from Haarlem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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