| 释义 |
re-enˈgage, v.
Also 7 rein-, re-in-.
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. rengager (16th c.).]
To engage again. Hence re-enˈgaging vbl. n. a. trans.
1611Cotgr., Rengager, to reingage. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 20 The disengaging and reengaging of the moving parts. 1828Southey On a Picture, etc. xiv, If then the power to thee were given In that cold form its life to re-engage. 1870Act 33 & 34 Vict. c. 67 §8 Any soldier who being in army service has commenced the twelfth year from his first enlistment..may..be reengaged.
b. intr.
1678Butler Hud. iii. iii. 182 It put him in so fierce a Rage He once resolv'd to re-ingage. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvii. i. (1872) VII. 3 Brühl has ever since rather held back; would not reëngage at all. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 335/1 Soldiers who have declined to re⁓engage abroad, and have been sent home at the public expense, will not be permitted to re-engage in this country.
So re-enˈgagement.
1731Bailey Vol. II. (ed. 2), Re-ingagement, an engaging again. 1828Lights & Shades II. 286 He stayed to see Madame Vestris commence her re-engagement. 1870Act 33 & 34 Vict. c. 67 §8 Re-engagement of soldiers. |