REIGNITE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does reignite mean?

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

1. ignite anew, as of something burning

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

Dictionary entry details

• REIGNITE (verb)

Conjugation:

Present simple: I / you / we / they reignite

... he / she / it reignites

Past simple: reignited

Past participle: reignited

-ing form: reigniting

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ignite anew, as of something burning

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Context example:

The strong winds reignited the cooling embers

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

ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Context examples

Another possible inspiration Proxima b could reignite: the admittedly far-off goal of sending a probe to another solar system.

(ESO Discovers Earth-Size Planet in Habitable Zone of Nearest Star, NASA)

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