reconnectv.
/ˌriːkəˈnɛkt/, U.S. /ˌrikəˈnɛk(t)/ 1. transitive and intransitive. To connect again.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > again
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1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. i. vii 195 By the cement of Existence, exprest by the short Monosyllable is,] thou dost in thy Comparing Power, (the Laboratory where Truths are fram'd) re-connect those thus-divided Parts into Propositions.
1799 G. G. Keble tr. Proc. Jacobin Club in Official Docs Negotiations Tippoo Sultaun 181/2 You are now returned to and reconnected with your brethren the French, as they are united to you though my instrumentality: you are their support, as they are yours.
1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland i. ii To reconnect it with the present.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 273 The alliance..would be a link reconnecting England with the Empire.
1903 Coshocton (Ohio) Daily Age 16 May 1/4 No meter rents charged, no contracts to be signed, and all who have been shut off, have been reconnected. Things are just as we want them.
1934 San Antonio (Texas) Express 11 May 8/2 The domestic air mail system soon will be reconnected with routes from the Rio Grande and Miami..to latin America and several European countries in the New World.
1997 Independent 5 Aug. (Network Plus section) 7/1 Invariably they are asleep, having turned off their ‘Disconnect if idle for xx’ option in PPP, and simple auto routines either prevent any IRC bots kicking them or, if they do, the programme reconnects.
2. intransitive. Originally North American. To renew, re-establish, or reinvigorate one's relationship (with another person).
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1934 Christian Sci. Monitor 15 Mar. 10/1 Although she tried to reconnect with her old friend on her return to England, all efforts failed.
1983 Newsweek (Nexis) 17 Oct. 50 He reconnected with an old Exxon friend.
1991 Parents Oct. 72/2 In order to keep your marriage healthy, it is important for both of you eventually to reconnect as adults.
2002 Independent 10 June 1/4 Ministers drew up plans to reconnect with the public by allowing Labour MPs a week ‘off the whip’ every year to spend time in their constituencies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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