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to reraise

to reraise

6.1
To mention a topic or problem again
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈreɪz/
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  • After reviewing the feedback, he felt it was necessary to reraise the topic of employee benefits in the next discussion.

Examples

  • In their chat, he chose to reraise the question of whether the project deadline was realistic, as he had concerns.

  • Alice had been reraising her, correcting her, since the summer of 1917, and although her earliest memory when she arrived from East St. Louis was the parade her aunt took her to, a kind of funeral parade for her mother and her father, Dorcas remembered it differently.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • During the meeting, she decided to reraise the issue of budget cuts to ensure everyone was aware of the impact.

Synonyms

to revisit
vsto reraise
72 3.7

To return to an idea or topic to think about it again

simply brings a topic up again without promising further examination
to restate
vsto reraise
23 3.4

To say something again in a different, clearer way

brings the topic back into discussion rather than only repeating words
to rearticulate
vsto reraise
1 6.7

To say something again in a clearer way

brings the subject up again for discussion, not only to change wording
to repropose
vsto reraise
7.0

To suggest an idea again after people refused it

mentions the issue again rather than formally offering a plan anew

Surface Forms

reraise infinitive
reraised past
reraised past participle
reraising present participle
reraises third person singular

Morphology

reraise = raise (transparent) = re + raise

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly means 'again', so 'reraise' clearly means to raise or mention something again.

Etymology

The word reraise is made of re- meaning 'again' and raise meaning 'to lift' or 'to bring up'. So to reraise a topic is to bring it up 'again', for example at the next meeting.