Reassembling

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of restoring a disassembled object consists of gathering its separated parts and assembling them back into a complete form
2. The action of reconstructing an item that was taken apart entails the careful assembly of its individual components into a unified whole
3. The act of putting together previously disassembled elements involves systematically reuniting parts to reform a complete entity

Etymology: The verb "reassemble" is simply "assemble" with the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back". "Assemble" arrived in English through Old French "assembler", which came from Medieval Latin "assimulare", a blend of "ad-" ("to") and "simulare" ("to make like"). The sense of the Latin root was to bring things together so they resemble one another, so "assemble" and "simulate" are close relatives: both descend from the same Latin verb family built on "similis", "like." Its Latin base was originally a verb of bringing together, and "assemble" in English still carries that sense of gathering people or parts into one place. The prefix "re-" came into English from Latin and Old French and was attached to existing verbs freely, so "reassemble" was formed in English from "re-" and "assemble" rather than inherited as a single unit. Taking an object apart and building it back up therefore uses a word whose ancestors meant little more than "to make alike." The rebuilt whole is brought back into the same kind of resemblance it had before it was disassembled.

Synonyms: reconstructing, rebuilding, restoring, remaking, putting back together

Antonyms: disassembling, dismantling, breaking, scattering, splitting