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Definition of Reignite
1. Verb. Ignite anew, as of something burning. "The strong winds reignited the cooling embers"
Definition of Reignite
1. Verb. ignite again ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) to start again, especially animosity or argument ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reignite
1. ignite [v -NITED, -NITING, -NITES] - See also: ignite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reignite
Literary usage of Reignite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"... all combustion to have ceased, still the magazine of heat collected during so
many years' burning would continue, and cause the mine to reignite on the ..."
2. Ecosystem Matters: Activity and Resource Guide for Environmental Educators by Mary Adams (1995)
"Only this time, when the flame starts to go out reopen the lid to let more oxygen
in; the candle will reignite. Explain that this illustrates what happens ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Upon covering and retesting, these jars would reignite for two or three successive
times. None of the samples sealed in the Mason jars would so ignite. ..."
4. Workforce 2000: Work and Workers for the 21st Century by William B. Johnstone, DIANE Publishing Company, Arnold E. Packer (1987)
"During the next 13 years, however, world inflation is unlikely to reignite.
Indeed, there are strong reasons to believe that the immediate future will be a ..."
5. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"Perhaps the most troublesome fault was the failure of the third stage (the S-IVB)
to reignite in orbit—the maneuver that, on a lunar mission, would send the ..."
6. Lenin's Legacy: The Story of the Cpsu by Robert G. Wesson (1978)
"On July 4, prior to the assassination of the German ambassador by Left Socialist
Revolutionaries who wished to reignite the war, the Soviet government ..."
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