Reinsert

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To place an object back into its former location after having removed it
2. To put an item once more into its initial spot following its extraction
3. To put something back where it was before being taken out

Etymology: "Reinsert" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "insert," meaning "to put in." Its lineage runs through the Latin prefix "re-," which passed into Old French as "re-" and then into Middle English, where it was joined to the existing "insert," itself borrowed from Latin "inserere," "to plant in, insert." Put together, the word literally means "to put in once more," and it has stayed close to that sense: a part that is taken out gets put back into its place. The prefix "re-" is one of the most productive in English, and it attaches freely to verbs of motion or placement, which is why "reinsert" needs no special history of its own. The word is the sort of formation that can be coined on the spot whenever a speaker needs to describe putting something back.

Synonyms: put back, restore, reintroduce, reinsert, replace

Antonyms: remove, extract, withdraw, displace, take out