n. [ OE. dint, dent, dunt, a blow, AS. dynt; akin to Icel. dyntr a dint, dynta to dint, and perh. to L. fendere (in composition). Cf. 1st Dent, Defend. ] 1. A blow; a stroke. [ Obs. ] “Mortal dint.” Milton. “Like thunder's dint.” Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every dint a sword had beaten in it [ the shield ]. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel
The dint of pity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was by dint of passing strength
That he moved the massy stone at length. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinting. ] To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. Donne. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. redintegratus, p. p. of redintegrare to restore; pref. red-, re-, re- + integrare to make whole, to renew, fr. integer whole. See Integer. ] Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. redintegratio. ] 1. Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [ Achaic. ] Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Psychology) The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]