reinvoke

R1E1I1N1V4O1K5E1

verb

To invoke again.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbreinvoke (third-person singular simple present reinvokes, present participle reinvoking, simple past and past participle reinvoked)

present singular third person reinvokes · participle present reinvoking · participle past reinvoked · past reinvoked

  1. transitiveTo invoke again.

    He reinvokes the value of experientially acquired wisdom (paideia).

    2006, Nicholas Davey, Unquiet Understanding: Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    Reinvokes the function in the current frame (restart its execution at the beginning), optionally changing the arguments.

    1984, Richard Stallman, Lisp machine manual, page 735

    Such perceived helplessness on the part of the therapist reinvokes the image of the ineffectual parent who could do nothing to protect her child from extreme forms of abuse.

    1994, Jody Messler Davies, Treating The Adult Survivor Of Childhood Sexual Abuse, →ISBN

Origin

Translations

French réinvoquer
  • réinvoquerTranslations
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