Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To engage again.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word re-engage.

Examples

  • A Torah that asserts the sanctity of life, the dignity of human beings, the beauty of the world and teaches us through stories, and precepts how to elevate our lives and to re-engage the world.

    Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: High Holidays and the Gifts One Generation Gives The Next Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011

  • Mr. Kim said in an interview published by the Russian news agency Itar-Tass on Wednesday that his country was ready to re-engage in the six-party process.

    U.S., North Korea Plan Talks on Disarmament Jay Solomon 2011

  • But a program in Philadelphia is working to re-engage students to come back to school, earn a diploma and even go on to college - schools that cater to students who have dropped back in.

    Drop-In Program Gives Drop-Outs a Second Chance 2011

  • They might even have to re-engage their founders' conviction that the world isn't flat, as neoliberals think, but that it has abysses, and that students need a civic faith strong enough to plumb them and face the demons in them and in high places.

    Jim Sleeper: Why Yale Fumbled Its Quarterback's Rhodes Scholarship Pass Jim Sleeper 2012

  • In her article, "Rise of The Digital Natives" for The Nation last month, Laurie Penny wrote, "The generation that was supposed to be made listless and apathetic by technology -- the kids who were supposedly staring vacantly into virtual worlds in lonely bedrooms -- are instead using technology to re-engage with current in an era when the very principles of power are being rewritten on terms not wholly in the control of nation-states."

    Andrew Lenoir: Dissent and the Digital Natives Andrew Lenoir 2011

  • Or (2) step on the Republic victory with a series of new appointments designed to re-engage business leaders and do a better job on the messaging and communications front.

    Election 2010: Results and analysis with The Post's Robert G. Kaiser Robert G. Kaiser 2010

  • And so I think this creates a real challenge for Obama because on the one hand, he needs to re-engage his younger supporters, African-Americans.

    A Review Of The Midterm Elections 2010

  • And so I think this creates a real challenge for Obama because on the one hand, he needs to re-engage his younger supporters, African-Americans.

    A Review Of The Midterm Elections 2010

  • Or (2) step on the Republic victory with a series of new appointments designed to re-engage business leaders and do a better job on the messaging and communications front.

    Election 2010: Results and analysis with The Post's Robert G. Kaiser Robert G. Kaiser 2010

  • In her article, "Rise of The Digital Natives" for The Nation last month, Laurie Penny wrote, "The generation that was supposed to be made listless and apathetic by technology -- the kids who were supposedly staring vacantly into virtual worlds in lonely bedrooms -- are instead using technology to re-engage with current in an era when the very principles of power are being rewritten on terms not wholly in the control of nation-states."

    Andrew Lenoir: Dissent and the Digital Natives Andrew Lenoir 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.