REESTABLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reestablish mean? 

• REESTABLISH (verb)
  The verb REESTABLISH has 1 sense:

1. bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

  Familiarity information: REESTABLISH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REESTABLISH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reestablish    ... he / she / it reestablishes   
Past simple: reestablished   
Past participle: reestablished   
-ing form: reestablishing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

reestablish; reinstate; restore

Context example:

restore the emperor to the throne

Hypernyms (to "reestablish" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reestablish"):

redeem (restore the honor or worth of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

The bound bile acids are excreted with the feces and plasma cholesterol is converted to bile acid to reestablish normal bile acid levels, resulting in a lowering of plasma cholesterol concentrations.

(Bile Acid Sequestrant, NCI Thesaurus)