reinitiate
verb
re·ini·ti·ate
rē-i-'ni-shē-ˌāt 
reinitiated; reinitiating
: to initiate (something or someone) again
… the county office completed a strategic plan this year to reinitiate the accreditation process.—
Seth Nidever
Seth NideverHowever, with train service being reinitiated in many parts of the United States, Arizona has opportunities to get on-board again.—The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)There he again experiences transformation, is reinitiated into his old world, and becomes the agent of its restoration or renewal.—Richard Slotkin
Richard Slotkin
reinitiation
noun
plural reinitiations
the reinitiation of peace talks
… after five years with the cult, the boy's reinitiation into society will take time.
—Sheryl WuDunn
Sheryl WuDunn
Examples of reinitiate in a Sentence
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People with this condition are partially woken up by their brains several times a night as their neural signals reinitiate breathing.
—Deirdre Mundorf, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2021
The last time the Fed attempted to reinitiate those efforts in 2017, trouble in short-term lending markets forced officials to inject emergency cash just two years later.
—Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
The President will reinitiate strict isolation protocols, just days after celebrating his return with remarks from the White House Rose Garden.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022
In January 2021, President Joe Biden halted the final part of the land swap process by directing the U.S. Forest Service to withdraw its final environmental impact statement and reinitiate consultation with the affected tribes.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2022
There has been no word on when iFIT might reinitiate the stock sale.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
The brain had retained some sort of memory of the infection and was prepared to reinitiate the fight.
—Raleigh McElvery, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2021
The original caller, who — giving the benefit of the doubt — originated the call in a location with five bars of signal and not one-eighth of a bar, should reinitiate.
—Thomas P. Farley, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021
Uber applied for and was granted permission by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to reinitiate testing of the cars on public roads and won at least one other important endorser of its plan for Pittsburgh: Mayor William Peduto.
—Greg Bensinger, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018
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Deirdre Mundorf, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2021
The last time the Fed attempted to reinitiate those efforts in 2017, trouble in short-term lending markets forced officials to inject emergency cash just two years later.
—Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
The President will reinitiate strict isolation protocols, just days after celebrating his return with remarks from the White House Rose Garden.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022
In January 2021, President Joe Biden halted the final part of the land swap process by directing the U.S. Forest Service to withdraw its final environmental impact statement and reinitiate consultation with the affected tribes.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2022
There has been no word on when iFIT might reinitiate the stock sale.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
The brain had retained some sort of memory of the infection and was prepared to reinitiate the fight.
—Raleigh McElvery, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2021
The original caller, who — giving the benefit of the doubt — originated the call in a location with five bars of signal and not one-eighth of a bar, should reinitiate.
—Thomas P. Farley, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021
Uber applied for and was granted permission by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to reinitiate testing of the cars on public roads and won at least one other important endorser of its plan for Pittsburgh: Mayor William Peduto.
—Greg Bensinger, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018
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First Known Use
1652, in the meaning defined above
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