reactivate

See also: re-activate

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ activate.

Verb

reactivate (third-person singular simple present reactivates, present participle reactivating, simple past and past participle reactivated)

1. To activate again.
   • 2023 August 27, Ramishah Maruf, “Celebrity video site sees a surge of actor sign-ups in the wake of the strike”, in CNN Business‎:

     Since the strike began, more than 2,400 performers have joined or reactivated their Cameo accounts.

   • 2024 May 2, Mary Kay Mallonee, “Judge denies ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman’s request to reactivate law license while he fights disbarment”, in CNN‎:

     An attorney discipline judge in California has rejected a request from ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman to reactivate his law license following her recent recommendation that he be disbarred, which rendered him unable to practice law for now.

Derived terms

• photoreactivate
• photoreactivating
• reactivatable
• reactivator
• unreactivated

Translations

to activate again

Bulgarian: активирам отново (aktiviram otnovo) Finnish: uudelleenaktivoida French: réactiver (fr) Spanish: reactivar (es) Swedish: reaktivera (sv)

Anagrams

• recavitate

Spanish

Verb

reactivate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of reactivar combined with te