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reoperating

reoperating is the present participle and gerund of reoperate.

Meaning of reoperate

Verb

reoperate (third-person singular simple present reoperates, present participle reoperating, simple past and past participle reoperated)

  1. (intransitive) to operate (surgically) again (on the same thing as a previous operation).
    • When a problem reoccurs after surgery, it might be necessary to reoperate on a patient.
  2. (intransitive) to begin to operate or function again.
    • As soon as the spaceship was completely repaired, it started reoperating.
  3. (transitive) to bring back (something) into operation.
    • Antoní and Consuela reoperated the factory's candy machine that had been stored in the storage room for over a decade.

Questions about reoperating

What is reoperating the present participle and gerund of?
Reoperating is the present participle and gerund of reoperate.

Words near reoperating in the dictionary

  1. reopens old wounds
  2. reoperable
  3. reoperate
  4. reoperated
  5. reoperates
  6. reoperating
  7. reoperation
  8. reoperations
  9. reoperative
  10. reopped
  11. reopping

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