- 1to start burning again; to make something start burning again The oven burners reignite automatically if blown out. reignite something You may need to reignite the pilot light.
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- 2(figurative) Their passion was reignited by a romantic trip to Venice.
reignite
verbNAmE//ˌriɪɡˈnaɪt//
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they reignite he / she / it reignites
past simple reignited
-ing form reigniting
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