verb (reinstalls or reinstals, reinstalling, reinstalled)
[with object]
1place or fix (equipment or machinery) in position again:property owners remove furnaces and other appliances before renting or selling, and then reinstall them when someone moves in
install (computer software) again:I reinstalled the program
2place (someone) in a position of authority again; reinstate:one of his former students was reinstalled as president
noun
an act of reinstalling something, especially software.
Derivatives
reinstallation
noun
reinstalment
noun
reinstall in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of reinstall in the US English dictionary
