reopen

[ ree-oh-puhn ]
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verb (used with or without object)
  1. to open again.

  2. to start again; resume: to reopen an argument; to reopen an attack.

Origin of reopen

1
First recorded in 1725–35; re- + open

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How to use reopen in a sentence

  • The 'Blackwood' claimed a right to re-open the subject because it was not a private but a public matter.

    Lady Byron Vindicated | Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • But Fanny had turned away, and was now busily employed in trying to re-open the door at which she had entered.

    Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It is with a deep searching of heart and with great reluctance that we re-open this painful subject.

    Byron | Richard Edgcumbe
  • In 1698 it was used for the drawing of a penny lottery, but in 1703, when it threatened to re-open, Queen Anne finally closed it.

    Old and New London | Walter Thornbury
  • This accident happening on the last night but four of the season, it was deemed prudent not to re-open the house that year.

    Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi | Joseph Grimaldi

British Dictionary definitions for reopen

reopen

/ (riːˈəʊpən) /


verb
  1. to open or cause to open again

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