Redepositing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To place something again into a specific location or repository
2. To restore an item back into a designated storage space after removal
3. To return a substance to its original place or position for safekeeping or further use

Etymology: Redepositing is simply re- attached to the verb "deposit," so its history is essentially the history of "deposit" plus a prefix that means "again." The verb "deposit" came into English from Latin "depositum," a thing entrusted to someone for safekeeping, and that original sense of handing over something to be held still lies behind the modern uses. The Latin root is "dēpōnere," built from "dē-" meaning "down" or "away" and "pōnere," meaning "to put" or "place," so the literal image is of setting something down. The prefix "re-" comes from Latin "re-," meaning "back" or "again," and it reached English through Old French and then Middle English, where it was productive in forming new verbs. Adding it to "deposit" gives the sense of putting something back down once more, which is why the form is so transparent.

Synonyms: replacing, resettling, reinstalling, retransferring, reapplying

Antonyms: removing, extracting, withdrawing