reengage

verb

re·​en·​gage (ˌ)rē-in-ˈgāj 

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variants or re-engage

reengaged or re-engaged; reengaging or re-engaging

1

transitive : to engage (someone or something) again

reengage the enemy

re-engage the clutch

2

intransitive : to engage in or with someone or something again

wants to reengage in the negotiations

re-engaging with the committee

Examples of reengage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Rocket Lab’s Puma backed away, True Anomaly’s Jackal executed more burns to reengage and image its prey. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

Use one to thank a referral partner, welcome a new client, follow up after a meeting, reengage a past customer or acknowledge a milestone. — Michael Tasner, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

And there have been signs over the past month that Trump is reengaging in efforts to bring peace to Ukraine and once again eager to coordinate a deal between Zelenskyy and Putin. — Elise Spenner, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Some time between his retirement in 2017 from his long career as a lawyer and last year, my dad reengaged with his childhood love of the team on the South Side. — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reengage

• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage
• messuage
• offstage
• onstage
• outrage
• pelage