reoperate

verb

1. (intransitive, surgery) to operate (surgically) again (on the same thing as a previous operation).

- When a problem reoccurs after surgery, it might be necessary to reoperate on a patient.

2. (intransitive) to begin to operate or function again.

3. (transitive, manufacturing) to bring back (something) into operation.

- Antoní and Consuela reoperated the factory's candy machine that had been stored in the storage room for over a decade.