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unretire

verb

Etymology

From un- + retire.

  1. derived from *tīrāre✻
  2. derived from retirer
  3. derived from retirer — “draw back”
  4. prefixed as unretire — “un + retire”

Definitions

  1. To leave retirement and return to work.

    • He unretired for 18 months because the company was willing to pay him well to mentor some new employees.
    • “It’s like all of a sudden you get to unretire and play in the N.B.A.,” Mr. Marin said.

  2. To bring (something or someone) back from retirement.

    • We unretired this machine because one of our customers started reordering large volumes of a part that this machine can make super-efficiently.
    • So much for unretiring the printer in the attic that connects through what's called a parallel port.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA