# re-ally

Pronunciation: say "ree-AL-y" /ɹiːˈælaɪ/

## Verb

1. To form an alliance again, bringing parties back into a partnership after an earlier one had ended.
   - Simple: To join forces with a group or country again after a break.
   - _Diplomats worked for months to re-ally the rival factions behind a single leader._
   - _When the war resumed, the border states re-allied with their old protector._
2. To bring people or groups back into union after they have been separated or divided.
   - Simple: To bring people or things back together after they were apart.
   - _The new chairman set out to re-ally the company's feuding divisions._
   - _Shared grief re-allied the brothers who had not spoken in years._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix re- combined with the word "ally."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/re-ally (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).