Recontained

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To place something back into a container or enclosure after it has been removed
2. To enclose or confine again within bounds or limits where it was previously held
3. To restore to a prior state of containment, placing back into a vessel or restricted area

Etymology: "Recontain" is simply "contain" with the prefix "re-" meaning "back" or "again," so the verb means to place something back inside a container. "Contain" itself came into English through Old French "contenir," which had passed down from Latin "continere," meaning "to hold together" or "to hold within." That Latin verb was built from "con-," "together," and "tenere," "to hold," the same root that gives English "tenant" and "tenure." The "re-" prefix is a much older and more productive element. It arrived in English from Old French "re-," itself from Latin "re-," and it has been freely attached to verbs ever since, so "recontain" follows a pattern shared by many other verbs formed the same way.

Synonyms: repacked, restrained, recovered, reconfined, secured

Antonyms: released, freed, uncontained, escaped, dispersed