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redeliver, v.|riːdɪˈlɪvə(r)|
[re-.]
1. trans. To give back, return, restore:
a. a thing.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 341 All rollys..were delyueryd vnto the sayde Iohn Mansell, the whiche he there sealyd and redelyuered them vnto the chamberleyne. 1539Taverner Gard. Wysed. i. 31 The money shulde nat be redelyuered to the one without the other. 1592Nobody & Someb. in Simpson Sch. Shaks. (1878) I. 311 Will you be King againe? If they agree, Ile redeliver all my royaltie. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 125 The Gentleman when the storme was past, re-deliuered her her Jewels. 1693Congreve Old Bach. iii. vii, Go, and force him to redeliver you the note. 1788Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 438 They will re-deliver it and disavow their officer who accepted it. 1868Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101 §142 Deeds..shall be registered..and thereafter re-delivered to the parties with certificates of due registration.
b. a person kept in custody as a hostage, etc.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 408 He..redelyuered vnto hym all suche hostages & pledges as his brother Alphons had before tyme of hym receyued. 1580Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. III. 318 Quhilk Robert, being deliverit..to him, wes alsua immediatlie redeliuerit agane be him to Elizabeth Hay. 1620–6Quarles Feast for Wormes vii, God..bespoke the whale, To redeliuer Ionah to his hand. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 416 He..should desist from Hostility..and redeliver their Children.
2. To make or set free again.
1601Chester Love's Mart. cxxiv, Iudith..that redeliuered the strong besieged Citie of Bethulia. 1623Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xix. i, His mercy..both in fore⁓warning, and redelivering Ahab.
3. To deliver (a message, etc.) again.
1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 301 The ready damsel redelivered his instructions to the world in her moments of possession. 1865Seeley Ecce Homo iii. 21 The Jewish statesman was the prophet, and his business was to redeliver to each successive generation, a proclamation [etc.].
†4. To repeat, report. Obs. rare—1.
1602Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 186 Osr. Shall I redeliuer you e'en so? Ham. To this effect Sir.
Hence redeˈlivering vbl. n. So † redeˈliverage, discharge; redeˈliverance, † (a) redelivery; (b) a fresh deliverance; redeˈliverer, one who delivers again.
1633T. Stafford Pac. Hib. i. xii. (1810) 139 About the redelivering thereof to Her Majesties use.
1612Cotta Disc. Dang. Pract. Phys. i. iii. 12 Neuer eating nor hauing..redeliuerage at the posternes, but ensensiblie. 1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 7 §5 If any of the said fosters..do deny the redeliveraunce of all such cattel. 1847Mrs. A. Kerr tr. Ranke's Hist. Servia 340 He had effected the re-deliverance of the nation. 1816Hazlitt Pol. Ess. (1819) 91 No weathercock deliverers and redeliverers of mankind. |