reopen

re- +‎ open

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈəʊpən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊpən

reopen (third-person singular simple present reopens, present participle reopening, simple past and past participle reopened)

1. (transitive) To open (something) again.
   • 1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments

     From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.

   • 2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43:

     Says Barnes: "The next priority [for Devon County Council] is reopening the line from Tavistock to Plymouth.

2. (intransitive) To open again.
   • 1933, Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 12 March 1933:

     The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks which reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.

• -perone, Perone, opener, pereon, perone, poneer, repone