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

In 2024, the University of Michigan quarterback guided the Wolverines to their first College Football Playoff national title since the playoff system was instituted for the 2014 season, helping reestablish the team as one of the top programs in college football. —Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024

Sometime this fall, the dams are scheduled to be completely removed, reestablishing a free-flowing stretch of river for the first time in more than a century. —Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024

Washington will need to adopt rhetoric and policies that may feel uncomfortably confrontational but in fact are necessary to reestablish boundaries that Beijing and its acolytes are violating. —Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024

Both vehicles were unveiled in March 2021 for the 2022 model year, reestablishing the Wagoneer name after a 30-year absence. —Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024

Whatever their other abilities, leeches have proved to be gifted bloodsuckers and offer a noninvasive and precise way to reestablish blood flow in patients recovering from reconstructive and aesthetic operations. —Zoey Poll, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024

In November 2022, the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front entered a cease-fire to end the Tigray war, but true peace has never been reestablished. —Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024

And especially the heady years after reunification, when a global generation of designers and D.J.s reestablished the unlovely city as Europe’s beating heart. —Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024

For us dissidents, reaching the people to unify them with the idea of reestablishing freedom has become almost impossible. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above