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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reentry \Re*en"try\ (-tr?), n.
1. A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has
lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry
by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the
tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
--Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Astronautics) To enter (the Earth's atmosphere) after
having passed beyond the atmosphere, as when in orbit or
returning from another planet.
[PJC]
{Card of reentry}, (Whist), a card that by winning a trick
will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.
[1913 Webster] re-equip