reassemble

verb

re·​as·​sem·​ble (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsem-bəl 

reassembled; reassembling; reassembles

1

transitive : to assemble (something) again : to bring or put together the parts of (something) again

reassemble a committee

Internet traffic is broken up into small chunks of data called "packets" that travel through the wires separately and then are reassembled by the computer or mobile device that's receiving them.

—David Choffnes

2

intransitive : to come together again : to assemble again

San Francisco has a bye this week during which most of the healthy players will leave town until the team reassembles next Monday.

—Matt Barrows

Examples of reassemble in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first key to Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris was his ability to reassemble his support from 2020. —Forbestv, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024

Then, five years ago, Brian Gibson, a former EMI engineer and Beatles collaborator, decided to reassemble and restore the device. —Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024

Even terms that have decades of history behind them, like butch, stud, and femme, often lose meaning and context when they’re regurgitated and reassembled online over-and-over again. —Quispe López, Them, 1 Aug. 2024

And for a truly unprecedented journey to the island of Sicily, passengers watch as the train is decoupled and loaded on a ferry to cross the Strait of Messina before being reassembled to continue the journey on the other side. —Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1