REACTIVATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reactivate mean? 

• REACTIVATE (verb)
  The verb REACTIVATE has 1 sense:

1. activate (an old file) anew

  Familiarity information: REACTIVATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REACTIVATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reactivate    ... he / she / it reactivates   
Past simple: reactivated   
Past participle: reactivated   
-ing form: reactivating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Activate (an old file) anew

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "reactivate" is one way to...):

activate (make active or more active)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Abnormally reactivated in tumorigenesis, telomerase is expressed in the majority of human cancer cells but is not expressed or is expressed at very low levels in normal cells.

(hTERT Vaccine V934/V935, NCI Thesaurus)

Further, nanaomycin A may have antineoplastic properties resulting from a reduction in DNA methylation by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase 3B (DNMT3B) and reactivating the tumor suppressor gene RASSF1A.

(Nanafrocin, NCI Thesaurus)

Specifically, this agent has been shown to reactivate gene expression of a detoxification enzyme, glutathione S-transferase that is silenced in prostate carcinoma.

(Phenethyl isothiocyanate, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, this agent has been shown to reactivate the gene expression of certain detoxification enzymes.

(Phenethyl Isothiocyanate-containing Watercress Juice, NCI Thesaurus)

They also reactivated insulin production in human pancreatic cells from type 1 diabetes patients.

(Fasting-Mimicking Diet May Reverse Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In September 2013, it was reactivated, renamed NEOWISE and assigned a new mission: to assist NASA's efforts to identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.

(Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft Delivers a Second Year of Data, NASA)

Several studies have shown that when we retrieve memories the brain reactivates neural activity that happened when we first experienced an event.

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)

Reactivating SETD1A function or counteracting downstream effects of SETD1A deficiency in the adult brain, perhaps with LSD1 inhibitors, may hold promise for treating schizophrenia’s cognitive deficits, suggest the researchers.

(Schizophrenia risk gene linked to cognitive deficits in mice, National Institutes of Health)

A day later, the memory was first reactivated by re-exposing participants to the feared squares.

(How Our Memory Works, NIH, US)

Although antiviral medications can help shorten outbreaks, the virus persists in the body and can reactivate, which underscores the need for new treatment approaches.

(Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs, National Institutes of Health)