reactivate

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verb

To activate again.

OriginEnglish activate ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person reactivates · participle present reactivating · participle past reactivated · past reactivated

  1. To activate again.

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

    2023 August 27, Ramishah Maruf, “Celebrity video site sees a surge of actor sign-ups in the wake of the strike”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2023
    1 more example

    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.

    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, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
jump-start

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  8. Proto-Italic*agō
  9. Latinagō
  10. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  11. Latināctīvu
  12. Old Frenchactif
  13. Middle Englishactyf
  14. Englishactive
  15. Englishactivate
  16. Englishreactivate

From re- + activate.

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Translations

Bulgarian активирам отново
  • активирам отново (aktiviram otnovo)to activate again
Finnish uudelleenaktivoida
  • uudelleenaktivoidato activate again
French réactiver
  • réactiverto activate again
German reaktivieren, wieder aktivieren
  • reaktivierento activate again
  • wieder aktivierento activate again
Italian riattivare
  • riattivareto activate again
Spanish reactivar
  • reactivarto activate again
Swedish reaktivera
  • reaktiverato activate again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

recavitate
Cite this entry
APA

reactivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reactivate

MLA

“reactivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reactivate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reactivate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reactivate.

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