reinitiate

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re·ini·ti·ate | \ rē-i-'ni-shē-ˌāt

reinitiated; reinitiating

Definition of reinitiate

transitive verb

: to initiate (something or someone) again … the county office completed a strategic plan this year to reinitiate the accreditation process.— Seth Nidever However, with train service being reinitiated in many parts of the United States, Arizona has opportunities to get on-board again. — 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

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reinitiation \ rē-i-ˌni-shē-ˈā-shən

\ 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

Examples of reinitiate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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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