Reenter
[,riː'entə] or [ri'ɛntɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) To enter again.
(v. t.) To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.
(v. i.) To enter anew or again.
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Examples
- If the glass stopper is removed and the air is allowed to reenter the flask, the loudness of the sound immediately increases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- No, I couldn't do it, Watson, said he, as we reentered our room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In this more placid state of things William reentered, followed not far behind by his mother and Betsey. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mrs. Bird and her husband reentered the parlor. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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