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re·en·list | \ (ˌ)rē-in-ˈlist 
, -en- \
, -en- \variants:
or re-enlist
reenlisted or re-enlisted; reenlisting or re-enlisting
Definition of reenlist
1 transitive : to enlist (someone) again
… watched as Bickers's platoon leader reenlisted him for another two years.— Paula Broadwell and Vernon Loeb
2 intransitive : to enlist again
decided to reenlist in/with the Navy … had recently emerged from the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps, in which he had re-enlisted two years after the end of the second war.— Anthony Powell
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The first known use of reenlist was in 1775
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