reoperate
verbUK /ɹiːˈɒpəˌɹeɪt/
Etymology From re- + operate.
1
Medicine, Sciences, Surgery to operate (surgically) again (on the same thing as a previous operation).
- When a problem reoccurs after surgery, it might be necessary to reoperate on a patient.
2
to begin to operate or function again.
- As soon as the spaceship was completely repaired, it started reoperating.
3
Business, Manufacturing to bring back (something) into operation.
- Antoní and Consuela reoperated the factory's candy machine that had been stored in the storage room for over a decade.