re-enable

UK/ˌɹi.ɛˈneɪbl/

verb

To enable again.

OriginEnglish enable ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbre-enable (third-person singular simple present re-enables, present participle re-enabling, simple past and past participle re-enabled)

present singular third person re-enables · participle present re-enabling · participle past re-enabled · past re-enabled · alternative reenable · alternative reënable

  1. To enable again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishenable
  7. Englishre-enable

From re- + enable.

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Translations

Welsh ail-alluogi
  • ail-alluogienable again
Cite this entry
APA

re-enable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-enable

MLA

“re-enable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-enable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-enable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-enable.

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