reknit

verb

Etymology

From re- + knit.

  1. inherited from *knutjaną
  2. inherited from *knuttijan
  3. inherited from cnyttan
  4. inherited from knytten
  5. prefixed as reknit — “re + knit

Definitions

  1. To knit again.

    • It was at once strange and familiar to see the chickens in the kitchen; and, wishing to re-knit himself to the old habits, he begged of Mrs. Scully not to drive them out, saying he did not mind them.
    • Bright-beady of eye, bony of cheek and jaw, scarred, toughened, broken and reknit, indestructible, grisly, gladiatorial as a hornet, he was a type neither new nor unfamiliar.
    • “At home, I found the wine is often bottle shocked and better to drink the next day after opening.” Or kept in the cellar for a month or two to let it settle and reknit.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA