reestablish

verb

re·​es·​tab·​lish (ˌ)rē-i-ˈsta-blish 

variants or re-establish

reestablished or re-established; reestablishing or re-establishing

transitive verb

: to establish (something or someone) again

Within one year he rallied his forces, invaded the delta, and reestablished his rule.

—Harry A. Gailey, Jr.

Those deals allowed Washington to reestablish diplomatic relations with Egypt and Syria …

—Robert D. Kaplan

Thanks to an extended captive breeding program, the California condor stands a chance of reestablishing itself in the wild.

—Todd Wilkinson

"He quickly reestablished himself as a top pitcher, arguably the best in this draft," says one NL scout who saw him throw.

—Albert Chen

NASA scientists lost contact with it right after the craft was ordered to pressurize its fuel tanks. All attempts to reestablish contact have failed.

—Science Activities

reestablishment

(ˌ)rē-i-ˈsta-blish-mənt 

noun

or re-establishment

… the reestablishment of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See in 1984 …

—Thomas J. Reese

John's solitary tomb … is apt testimony to the central role of Florence in the re-establishment of the Roman Papacy.

—Richard Fremantle

Examples of reestablish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

They are cautioned to do so without further increasing the debt and are urged to reestablish enforceable discretionary spending caps. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025

Tarrant County College is going through the process of reestablishing a faculty senate to comply with a new Texas law that changed the rules for how the governance bodies operate. —Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025

The backstory here is that the Frankensteins have reestablished themselves in the Old West, a desirable location for its lack of regulatory oversight and frequent lightning storms. —Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025

However, Nya Lödöse was reestablished some years later, prompting the repair of its defense systems and the construction of new houses along the main street. —Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reestablish

• establish