Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make active again.
- transitive verb To restore the ability to function or the effectiveness of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render active again: used specifically of the process of restoring the activity of an immune serum after the destruction of its complement. See
reactivation .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
activate again.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb activate (an old file) anew
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Examples
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If a voter moves within the state of Washington, why should they have to ask officials to "reactivate" their registration?
Bill that lays groundwork for automatic voter registration is continuing onwards 2009
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Even so, simply setting your computer's clock back a few months will "reactivate" the expired beta should you ever need to extract data (for instance if you ignore the fact stated above about the data being Finder accessible even if DT is no long on your Mac).
MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010
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I physically reconnected everything as it was, I then had to 'reactivate' the disk in the Raid BIOS ... at that point the array seemed OK, was the right size, etc (and was listed as "Optimal" in the Raid BIOS) however, the problem with the disk read error persists.
LinuxQuestions.org jakster66 2010
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Smith said Pier 1 has an opportunity to "reactivate" even more of its former shoppers, and will continue to target them.
BNET Articles 2010
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Failure to provide that financial security would "reactivate" a request to the UCI's ProTour Council for Astana's racing license to be withdrawn, the UCI said.
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And he said he will call on thousands of GM workers and retirees to "reactivate" the pension responsibilities of both the struggling Detroit automaker and the government, by making it clear that retired autoworkers are not responsible for the current financial issues.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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Since Thermage tips cost up to $800 for a single tip and with plastic surgeons or cosmetic dermatologists under increasing pressure to maintain profitability, many plastic surgeons and cosmetic dermatologists are turning to the dark-gray secondary market to 'reactivate' these Thermage tips for prolonged use by bypassing the set counter inside the chip and effectively
Article Source 2009
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And he said he will call on thousands of GM workers and retirees to "reactivate" the pension responsibilities of both the struggling Detroit automaker and the government, by making it clear that retired autoworkers are not responsible for the current financial issues.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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Firewall on, I just got attacked again ... they quit finder .... paused my computer, so i unhooked my ethernet cord and it took a few minutes to "reactivate" And this time i'm at a university.
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Firewall on, I just got attacked again ... they quit finder .... paused my computer, so i unhooked my ethernet cord and it took a few minutes to "reactivate" And this time i'm at a university.
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