Reinitiates

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Begins a process or action once more after it has stopped
2. Restarts an activity or operation that was previously halted
3. Commences again the sequence or procedure that had ended

Etymology: "Reinitiates" is the third-person singular present form of "reinitiate," so it carries the same history as its base verb. That verb is formed from the prefix "re-," meaning again, attached to "initiate," which comes from the Latin "initiare," to begin or introduce into something, from "initium," beginning. The prefix is what gives the verb its sense of starting something over after it has stopped. The base "initiate" has a older religious flavour in English: to initiate was once to admit someone formally into a secret rite or society, and that sense of ceremonial entry still lingers. Adding "re-" to it produced a more practical meaning, to begin again, which is why the word is most often used of processes, talks, or systems that are resumed after a pause. Because the formation is transparent, the word is best read as a plain compound rather than as something with a separate story of its own.

Synonyms: resumes, restarts, recommences

Antonyms: terminates, ends