Reglued

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Fastened back together or onto something again using adhesive, as when a broken piece is restored to its place
2. Joined once more with glue after having come loose or been separated from the surface it belonged to
3. Bonded anew by means of a sticky adhesive substance, restoring something that had previously been detached

Etymology: "Reglued" is the past tense and past participle of "reglue," which is simply the verb "glue" with the prefix "re-" attached, meaning to glue again. The prefix "re-" comes from Latin, where it meant "back" or "again," and it has been productive in English for centuries, so that almost any verb can take it to describe repeating an action. "Glue" itself has a longer history, coming into English through Old French "glu" from Latin "gluten," a word for sticky substance that also gave English "gluten." The result is a straightforward compound with no surprising shifts in meaning: "reglue" keeps the sense of its base word while adding the idea of doing it once more. Its use follows the usual pattern for verbs built this way, describing something that was stuck, came apart, and was fixed again.

Synonyms: reattach, re-glue

Antonyms: unglue, detach