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reactivate, v.|riːˈæktɪveɪt|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To make active or operative again.
1903Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 14 Feb. 251/2 The serum can be reactivated by a little fresh serum not only from a normal rabbit, but from the goat and the rat. 1949M. Mead Male & Female viii. 176 Menstruation..is itself believed to be reactivated by marriage. 1953Times 13 May 3/5 The importance of maintaining the base there in such condition that it could be reactivated immediately in case of war. 1957Observer 27 Oct. 12/2 An American recession may also cause trouble by reactivating the dollar problem. 1958Engineering 14 Mar. 352/3 In this building humidity control is accomplished automatically by passing the air required for ventilation, plus a percentage of recirculated air, through desiccant driers automatically reactivated by gas. 1976A. White Long Silence xx. 179 Please reactivate the plan to surround the station. 1977Living with Tanker Surplus (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 6 A ship in lay-up cannot easily or quickly be reactivated.
Hence reactiˈvation, the action or result of reactivating.
1903Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 14 Feb. 251/1 It has been found that this ‘reactivation’ of the serum, as it has been called, can often be brought about by the serum of various animals. 1919Lancet 26 Apr. 705/2 Professor Chauffard and M. L. Girard brought forward a new and striking proof of the tuberculous nature of erythema nodosum—the reactivation of the disease when nearly extinct by injection of tuberculin. 1926Glasgow Herald 1 May 4 Very characteristic of spring is what may be called reawakening, if we may use the word to include reactivation from a rest that is deeper than sleep. 1957Times 18 Nov. p. i/1 Sophisticated arguments about the ‘re-activation’ of bank deposits or the velocity of circulation. 1970H. Trevelyan Middle East in Revolution 12 The Agreement provided for the reactivation of the Base for defence against the invasion of any Arab State or Turkey by a State other than Israel. |