reparent

See also: réparent

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ parent.

Verb

reparent (third-person singular simple present reparents, present participle reparenting, simple past and past participle reparented)

1. (transitive, psychology) To subject to early parenting techniques again (such as rocking and feeding) in order to treat an attachment disorder.
   • 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN‎:

     Trauma and abuse are much broader than only physical violence or neglect, and part of your healing may be realizing that your experiences deserve to be reparented, Johnson said.

2. (transitive, computing) To change the parent of an object in a data structure.
   • 1995, Adrian Nye, David Flanagan, Programmer's supplement for release 6 of the X Window System:

     If the client reparents the window away from root, the window is no longer a top-level window.

Anagrams

• parenter

Latin

Verb

reparent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of reparō