unretire

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ retire.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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unretire (third-person singular simple present unretires, present participle unretiring, simple past and past participle unretired)

  1. (intransitive) To leave retirement and return to work.
    • 2009 January 30, Dave Itzkoff, “Hey, Man. Where Have You Guys Been?”, in New York Times[1]:
      “It’s like all of a sudden you get to unretire and play in the N.B.A.,” Mr. Marin said.
  2. (transitive) To bring back from retirement; to reinstate.
    • 2014, Edward C. Baig, Macs For Dummies:
      So much for unretiring the printer in the attic that connects through what's called a parallel port.

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