Reexperiences

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To undergo an event or feeling again in one's memory; to vividly relive past experiences as if they are occurring anew; to experience a sensation or occurrence from the past once more in the present moment
2. To encounter a situation or emotion previously felt as if it is happening again; to renew an association with a past moment through recollection; to draw forth memories of a prior experience and actively feel them again
3. To revisit emotional or situational states from the past; to have a renewed perception of earlier experiences as if they are presently real; to recreate an earlier experience in one's mind or senses

Etymology: "Reexperiences" is the third-person singular present form of the verb "reexperience," meaning to feel or undergo something again. The verb is formed from the prefix "re-," meaning "again," attached to "experience." That base word traces back through Old French "esperience" to Latin "experientia," a noun built from "experiri," "to try" or "to test," which also gave English "experiment." So the word is essentially a repeated trial of something already tried.

Synonyms: relives, recalls, revisits, recounts, replays