redintegrate

From the Latin redintegrō (“I restore or renew; I refresh or revive”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛˈdɪntɪɡɹeɪt/, /ɹɪˈdɪntɪɡɹeɪt/

redintegrate (third-person singular simple present redintegrates, present participle redintegrating, simple past and past participle redintegrated)

1. To renew, restore to wholeness.
2. (psychology, of a stimulus element) To reinstate a memory by redintegration.
   • 1956–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition, 1960), chapter ii: “Motives and Motivation”, page 44:

     His [David McClelland’s] theory is that we are first of all presented with cues in affective situations; for instance, sugar is put in the mouth and this produces pleasurable affect. This type of cue then becomes paired with an affective state in such a way that the cue will, as a result of association, come to ‘redintegrate’ the affective state first associated with it.

From the Latin redintegrātus (“restored or renewed”, “refreshed or revived”), the perfect passive participle of redintegrō.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛˈdɪntɪɡɹət/, /ɹɪˈdɪntɪɡɹət/

redintegrate (not comparable)

1. Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

• redintegration
• redintegrative

• reintegrated

redintegrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of redintegrō