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单词 reactivate
释义

reactivatev.

Brit. /rɪˈaktᵻveɪt/, U.S. /riˈæktəˌveɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, activate v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + activate v., perhaps after French réactiver (1798).
transitive (chiefly in passive). To make active or operative again; to restore to a state of activity, bring back into action.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > bring into activity or activate > again
reactivate1854
retrigger1955
1854 H. Forbes Man. Patriotic Volunteer I. 17 If..a new invasion were to prove too strong for the regular army, then the Guerrilla, reactivated, can again take the field.
1903 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 14 Feb. 251/2 The serum can be reactivated by a little fresh serum not only from a normal rabbit, but from the goat and the rat.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female viii. 176 Menstruation..is itself believed to be reactivated by marriage.
1953 Times 13 May 3/5 The importance of maintaining the base there in such condition that it could be reactivated immediately in case of war.
1976 A. White Long Silence xx. 179 Please reactivate the plan to surround the station.
1977 Living with Tanker Surplus (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 6 A ship in lay-up cannot easily or quickly be reactivated.
1996 P. H. Duesberg Inventing AIDS Virus iii. 75 For a virus to be reactivated, the immune system first must be destroyed by something else—the real cause of a disease.

Derivatives

reactiˈvated adj.
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1920 Evening Record (Greenville, Pennsylvania) 17 Nov. 4/5 In 33 per cent of the cases, earlier tuberculous tendencies were revived. A curious feature of 40 per cent of these so-called reactivated cases was that tuberculosis was not at first recognized or suspected.
1941 Helena (Montana) Independent 10 Apr. 2/2 Pushing the steel snouts of their armored divisions..toward a junction with the reactivated Italians in Albania.
1996 P. H. Duesberg Inventing AIDS Virus iii. 75 A reactivated virus would just contribute an opportunistic infection.
reactiˈvation n. [compare French réactivation (1911 or earlier)] the action or result of reactivating.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > recommencing or resuming
renovelancec1450
renovelment1477
renovelling1483
resumption1589
renewal1603
recommencing1705
reactivation1903
1903 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 14 Feb. 251/1 It has been found that this ‘reactivation’ of the serum, as it has been called, can often be brought about by the serum of various animals.
1957 Times 18 Nov. p. i/1 Sophisticated arguments about the ‘re-activation’ of bank deposits or the velocity of circulation.
2004 N.Y. Times 26 Dec. iv. 4/1 The filling of military jobs through reactivation of former troops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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