Resituate

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To place something in a new or different location or position than before
2. To move or set something again in another place or arrangement
3. To relocate or adjust the position of an object or element anew

Etymology: "Resituate" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "situate", a verb meaning to put in a particular place or position. "Situate" itself goes back to Latin "situare", from "situs", a site or position, and reached English through the Late Latin and French route rather than directly from classical Latin texts. So "resituate" simply means to place something in its position once more. The prefix has its own long lineage. The "re-" element descends from Latin "re-", which carries the sense of "back" or "again", and it has been productive in English for centuries, so forming a new verb like this requires no special invention. "Resituate" follows the same pattern as "reposition" or "relocate", combining an established prefix with an established verb.

Synonyms: relocate, reposition, reestablish