unterminate

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verb

To undo the termination of; to restore to an active or valid state.

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Meanings

verbunterminate (third-person singular simple present unterminates, present participle unterminating, simple past and past participle unterminated)

present singular third person unterminates · participle present unterminating · participle past unterminated · past unterminated

  1. transitiveTo undo the termination of; to restore to an active or valid state.

    But, after decades of struggle by the terminated Coquilles to unterminate ourselves, Congress was compelled to right one wrong and asked the tribe as part of its restoration act of 1989 to become economically self-sufficient.

    2004, Troy Anderson, The Way of Go, page 37

Origin

From un- + terminate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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