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reenter

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re⋅en⋅ter

  [ree-en-ter]
Use reenter in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to enter again: The guests reentered the reception room after dinner.
2. to participate in once more; resume: to reenter politics after a long absence; mothers reentering the work force after their children are grown.
3. to record again, as in a list or account.
–verb (used without object)
4. to enter again: The butler exits and reenters at stage left.
Also, re-enter.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see re-, enter
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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re·en·ter also re-en·ter   (rē-ěn'tər)   
v.   re·en·tered also re-en·tered, re·en·ter·ing also re-en·ter·ing, re·en·ters also re-en·ters

v.   tr.

  1. To enter or come in to again.

  2. To record again on a list or ledger.

v.   intr.
To enter again.
re·en'trance n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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