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Verb

reinaugurate ‎(third-person singular simple present reinaugurates, present participle reinaugurating, simple past and past participle reinaugurated)

1. (transitive) To inaugurate again or anew.
   • 2007 June 13, Anthony Tommasini, “Amid Alleluias, Festival Hall Resurrected”, in New York Times:

     LONDON, June 12 — All four of the resident orchestras at the Royal Festival Hall — the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment — took part in the grand and substantive gala concert on Monday night to reinaugurate the hall after a major two-year, $234 million renovation.

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