Reinvokes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To call upon or bring into effect again, especially a rule, memory, or process
2. To make use of something once more by invoking it anew, typically a function or idea
3. To summon or apply again, often repeating a previous invocation or activation

Etymology: "Reinvokes" is the third-person singular present form of "reinvoke," so it describes someone or something calling a thing back into use or action again. The verb is built from the prefix "re-," meaning "again," attached to "invoke," which comes from the Latin "invocare," "to call upon" or "to call in," from "in-" ("into") and "vocare" ("to call"), the same root that gives "vocal" and "vocation." The "re-" prefix does the work here: "reinvoke" simply adds the idea of repetition to the older sense of summoning. Because "invoke" carried the sense of calling on a deity or a higher power for aid, the compound inherited that flavour, so a function or idea that is reinvoked is effectively summoned back into play.

Synonyms: reestablishes, reinstates, revives

Antonyms: abandon, relinquish, dismiss