re-open

re-open: reclūdo, si, sum, 3 (to open what is closed): v. OPEN; more precisely, iterum, denuo recludere, aperire. Phr.: to r. a wound, vulnus rescindere (tear open), Plin. Ep. 7, 19, ad fin.; renovare, Ov. Tr. 2, 209; refricare, Cic. Att. 5, 15: the wounds are r.ing, vulnera recrudescunt, id. Fam. 4, 6, 2 (used fig.): to r. the eyes after death, lumina morte resignare, Virg. Aen. 4, 244 (v. Smith, Lat. Dict. sub voc.): the discussion is r.'d on the following day, (res) retractatur postera die, Tac. G. 22.