reknit

English

Etymology

re- +‎ knit

Verb

reknit (third-person singular simple present reknits, present participle reknitting, simple past and past participle reknit or reknitted)

1. To knit again.
   • 1903, George Moore, “Home Sickness” in The Untilled Field, London: T. Fisher Unwin, p. 158,^[1]

     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.

   • 1904, O. Henry, “Hygeia at the Solito” in Heart of the West, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., p. 96,^[2]

     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.

   • 2009 January 24, Gord Stimmell, “Fuzion frenzy uncorked”, in Toronto Star‎^[3]:

     “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.

Anagrams

• Kinter, Tinker, tinker