Definition of Reopen

1. Verb. Open again or anew. "They want to reopen the doors"; "They reopened the theater"

Generic synonyms: Open, Open Up

Definition of Reopen

1. v. t. & i. To open again.

Definition of Reopen

1. Verb. (transitive) To open (something) again. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To open again. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reopen

1. open [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: open

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reopen

reoffender
reoffenders
reoffending
reoffends
reoffer
reoffered
reoffering
reoffers
reoil
reoiled
reoiling
reoils
reometer
reometers
reop
reopen (current term)
reopenable
reopened
reopener
reopeners
reopening
reopenings
reopens
reoperate
reoperated
reoperates
reoperating
reoperation
reoperations
reopped

Literary usage of Reopen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"Houstonia angustifolia, bluets ; close at noon ; reopen for two or three days in ... Houstonia minima, little bluets; close at 2 pm; reopen next day once. ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"Taraxacum dens-leonis, dandelion ; close at dark to reopen next day, except in rainy weather, when it may be closed in daytime and open at night. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Review of Referee's Order Refusing to reopen Hearing.— Ordinarily, the judge will uphold a referee in refusing to reopen the case to allow creditors who ..."

4. The International Position of Japan as a Great Power by Seiji George Hishida (1905)
"... 1643-1868 Attempts to reopen the Empire by European Powers.— The policy of non-intercourse maintained by Japan would be justified from the national ..."

5. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1879)
"Dyke, Sir WH Question proposed, Winn, R. " That the words ' this House is of opinion that it is inexpedient to reopen the question of Parliamentary Reform ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... are of opinion that the Legislature may still without unfairness refuse to vote the requisite funds, and thus reopen the whole subject. ..."

7. The Transvaal War, 1880-81 by Blanche St. John Ballairs, Blanche St. John Moschzisker Bellairs, Lady Bellairs (1885)
"Such of the shops or stores as still held any goods shops in would occasionally reopen. A volunteer would find reopen, time, in the intervals of his ..."

8. The Transvaal War, 1880-81 by Blanche St. John Moschzisker Bellairs, Lady Bellairs (1885)
"Such of the shops or stores as still held any goods shops in would occasionally reopen. A volunteer would find reopen, time, in the intervals of his ..."

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