reengage
verb
re·en·gage (ˌ)rē-in-ˈgāj 
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variants or re-engage
reengaged or re-engaged; reengaging or re-engaging
1
transitive : to engage (someone or something) again
reengage the enemy
re-engage the clutch
2
intransitive : to engage in or with someone or something again
wants to reengage in the negotiations
re-engaging with the committee
Word History
First Known Use
1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1
reengaged
verb
variants or re-engaged
as in engaged
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- engaged
- reemployed
- rehired
- employed
- recruited
- retained
- re-employed
- hired
- partnered
- paid
- enlisted
- laid on
- assumed
- contracted
- apprenticed
- jobbed
- subcontracted
- placed
- feed
- took on
- upgraded
- signed (up or on)
- promoted
- advanced
- scouted
- headhunted
- kept (on)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dismissed
- discharged
- fired
- canned
- sacked
- laid off
- axed
- locked out
- furloughed