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third-person singular simple present reopens, present participle reopening, simple past and past participle reopened
(transitive) To open (something) again. quotations examples
From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.
1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments
Says Barnes: "The next priority [for Devon County Council] is reopening the line from Tavistock to Plymouth.
2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43
(intransitive) To open again. quotations examples
The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks which reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.
1933, Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 12 March 1933