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reënter

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

To enter again. The spelling with the diaeresis is old-fashioned and literary.

Detailed Definition
Reënter means to enter again, with the diaeresis marking the two vowels separately. Emerson uses it to stress that nothing can get back into the sealed-off Past. The form is uncommon in modern writing, so it may slow readers down.
Example
Example in poetry:
“None can reënter there” preserves the diaeresis marking separate vowels in reënter; “After exile, he cannot reënter the house unchanged” gives the verb’s literal sense; “The swimmer reënters the cold river at dawn” offers a physical action; “To reënter a childhood memory is to cross an altered threshold” uses the term metaphorically
Additional Notes
In "None can reënter there,—" the old-style spelling and uncommon form make this a word many modern readers may not recognize immediately.; Found in the poem, The Past by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Also Known As
re-enter return come back reappear
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