RECYCLE

I. Date: 1926 transitive verb to pass again through a series of changes or treatments: as, to process (as liquid body waste, glass, or cans) in order to regain material for human use, recover 6, to reuse or make (a substance) available for reuse for biological activities through natural processes of biochemical degradation or modification , to adapt to a new use ; alter , to bring back ; reuse , to make ready for reuse , intransitive verb to return to an earlier point in a countdown, to return to an original condition so that operation can begin again, recyclability noun recyclable adjective or noun ~r noun II. noun Date: 1926 the process of recycling