unretire
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Verb
[edit]unretire (third-person singular simple present unretires, present participle unretiring, simple past and past participle unretired)
- (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.
- (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.