reattain

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ attain.

Verb

reattain (third-person singular simple present reattains, present participle reattaining, simple past and past participle reattained)

1. to attain again
   • 1962 August, Mercury, “The fastest trains on the Continent, 1962: II—Western Germany”, in Modern Railways, page 125:

     While the Deutsche Bundesbahn has not reattained the pre-eminence in European railway speed that the German railways enjoyed before the 1939-1945 war, speeds in that country are steadily moving upwards [...].

Derived terms

• reattainment

Anagrams

• attainer