Meanings
verbphotoreactivate (third-person singular simple present photoreactivates, present participle photoreactivating, simple past and past participle photoreactivated)
present singular third person photoreactivates · participle present photoreactivating · participle past photoreactivated · past photoreactivated
- To cause or to undergo photoreactivation.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
- Latināctīvu
- Old Frenchactif
- Middle Englishactyf
- Englishactive
- Englishactivate
- Englishreactivate
- Englishphotoreactivate
From photo- + reactivate.
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APA
photoreactivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoreactivate
MLA
“photoreactivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoreactivate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoreactivate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoreactivate.
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