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re-eˈlect, v. [re- 5 a.] trans. To elect again.
1601Holland Pliny I. 181 Those Senators..whom he had either chosen or re-elected in his Censorship. 1681Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 127 One Mr. Broom being some time since chosen, but not qualified,..he was this day..reelected. 1769Junius Lett. xix. (1771) 103 [He] was expelled, re-elected, and admitted to take his seat in the same parliament. 1844Thirlwall Greece lxv. VIII. 361 Philopœmen was re-elected for the following year. 1863H. Cox Instit. i. viii. 128 A member expelled may, upon the issue of a new writ, be re-elected by his former constituents. Hence re-eˈlected ppl. a.; re-electaˈbility.
1838J. L. Adolphus in J. G. Lockhart Life Scott VII. vi 221 He spoke very beautifully and warmly of the re-elected candidate who sat by him. 1898B. Gregory Side Lights 421 The re-electability of the best known Wesleyan Methodist minister. 1974Times 4 Mar. 2/7 Re-elected Conservatives are anxious to make their views known. |