reassociatev.
/ˌriːəˈsəʊʃɪeɪt/, /ˌriːəˈsəʊsɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌriəˈsoʊsiˌeɪt/, /ˌriəˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt/ 1. transitive. To associate or unite (a person) again with others, or with a principle, condition, experience, etc.; to bring together again. Also reflexive and intransitive: to come together again, to reunite.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (reflexive)] > specifically of people or animals > again
rely?a1400
reassociatea1513
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals > again
reassociate1809
remuster1846
regather1890
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxv Some euyll dysposyd..reassociat them, and sayde and cryed that they wolde haue the Iewys banysshyd the Cytie.
1612 W. Shute tr. G. Du Vair Holy Medit. 71 It is an inestimable sacrifize..which must cause the beames of the diuine mercy to shine vpon vs, and reassociate vs to the communion of the eternall blessednes which we haue willingly renounced.
1793 T. G. Smollett Hist. Eng. III. iii. 94 Then he was re-associated in the administration with additional credit.
1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 124 The Indian families..separate in the winter season,..and re-associate in the spring and summer.
1851 T. C. Upham Treat. Divine Union (ed. 4) iv. 109 Man must be born again into the possession of this love, and thus be restored to, and reässociated with, the divine element.
1874 Internat. Rev. May iii. 323 The majority of the Pottawatomie citizens, after selling their lands in Kansas, have gone to the Indian Territory and reassociated themselves as a tribe.
1907 Polit. Sci. Q. 22 101 Such short-period bank unions..gain an appearance of permanence because the same banks constantly re-associate themselves in similar undertakings.
1924 Times 21 Mar. 13/2 It was an acute perception of this tendency, no doubt, which induced Mr. Churchill..to reassociate himself by rapid stages with the Conservatives.
1982 W. G. Rosenberg & M. B. Young Transforming Russia & China vii. 239 Party leaders were beginning to..reassociate themselves with what would increasingly be defined as ‘basic socialist goals’.
2000 S. Connor Dumbstruck xvii. 376 As well as reassociating the voice with movement and sensation, the experiences of the direct voice also aimed to preserve or restore some of the corporeality of the voice itself.
2. intransitive. Chemistry and Biology. Of substances, molecules, etc.: to become associated or combined again after separation or dissociation; (of DNA) to reanneal. Also transitive: to cause (a substance or molecule) to become associated again (with another).
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > again
reassemble?1473
recollecta1631
regather1803
rebunch1887
reassociate1891
1891 Science 22 May 285/2 It may be possible to reassociate this gas with lime, and produce chalk.
1917 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 3 458 A hydrocarbon dissociates spontaneously into two parts, which..may..reassociate.
1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. xi. 293 When the pH is brought back to neutrality the α and β pairs reassociate into the four-unit molecule.
1987 Immunol. Lett. 15 27 Human monoclonal IgM pentamers with different biophysical properties..were reduced and reassociated.
1999 J. E. Winston Describing Species xxii. 448 On cooling, the complementary base pairs realign and the strands reassociate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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