Reassembles

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To combine parts again that were once separated or disassembled To reform the original configuration of an entity by reuniting its components To reconstruct a whole from its broken or scattered pieces in their previous order
2. To join separated elements to restore an object to its former structure
3. To bring detached pieces back into their original arrangement to recreate the whole

Etymology: "Reassembles" is the third-person singular present form of "reassemble," so it is the form of a verb meaning to put back together. That verb is built from the prefix "re-", meaning again, and "assemble," which came into English through Old French "assembler" from Medieval Latin "assimulare," meaning to bring together or make similar. Its deeper root is the Latin "similis," meaning like or similar, which gives the sense of gathering things into a matching group. Taken together, the word simply means to gather parts again into a whole.

Synonyms: reconstructs, rebuilds

Antonyms: disassembles, destroys