Recommission

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give a new commission or to validate an existing commission. transitive
  2. 2
    To put back in service (undoing decommissioning). transitive

    "They recommissioned the unused furnace, practically rebuilding it in the process."

Example

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"They recommissioned the unused furnace, practically rebuilding it in the process."

Etymology

From re- + commission.

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