"reapply" meaning in English

See reapply in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /riːəˈplʌɪ/ Forms: reapply [canonical], reapplies [third-person, singular], reapplied [past], reapplied [past, participle], reapplying [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + apply Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|apply}} re- + apply Head templates: {{verb|reappl|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you reapply something, you apply again.
    Sense id: simple-reapply-en-verb-V6sVusYb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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