Repressurised

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To restore pressure to a sealed environment or system after it has been reduced or lost ; to bring back to a state of higher or normal pressure in a container or vessel ; to reinstate the force exerted by a fluid or gas within a closed space following depressurization
2. The act of increasing pressure again in an enclosed system after a drop ; the process of adjusting a container back to its original pressure level ; restoring the pressurized condition of a space that had previously decreased in pressure
3. Refilling or readjusting the pressure in a vessel or system once it has fallen ; reestablishing the necessary internal force or compression within a closed environment ; the procedure of making a container or space pressurized again after it had been depressurized

Etymology: The word is simply "re-" attached to "pressurise," which is itself a modern technical formation built from "pressure" plus the verb-forming ending "-ise." Its history is therefore the history of its parts: "pressure" came into English from Old French, ultimately from Latin "pressura," meaning a pressing or squeezing, and "-ise" is an ending that English took from Old French "-iser," originally from Greek-derived Late Latin "-izare." The prefix "re-" comes from Latin "re-," meaning "again" or "back," and reached English through Old French. Put together, the verb means to bring pressure back to a sealed space, such as a cabin or vessel, after it has been lost. The past tense and past participle add the "-ed" ending to this verb, so the form simply reports an action of restoring pressure that has already happened. No single inventor or moment of coinage is recorded for the word, and it appears to be a straightforward combination of established parts rather than a deliberate invention.

Synonyms: repressurized