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re-establish, v.|riːɪˈstæblɪʃ|
[re- 5 a. See also restablish.]
trans. To establish again.
1. To establish (a person or thing) again in a former place, position, or state; to restore to a previous place or position. Also const. among.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. (1493) 268 b/1 Thus was the precious tree of the crosse reestablyshid in his place. 1586Wilkes in Motley Netherl. x. (1860) II. 99, I had not much to do..to re-establish in her Majesty..a singular good opinion of you. 1606G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine xvi. 67 He could now deliuer them..and re-establish them in their former peace. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 87 He purpos'd to re-establish Henry d'Albret in the Kingdom of Navarre. 1728Eliza Heywood tr. Mme. de Gomez's Belle A. (1732) II. 215 A Nation on whose Throne his Ancestors had sat for a long Series of Ages, would not fail to protect and re-establish him. 1838Lytton Alice i. ix, He has been kind to me, and re-established me among my flock. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. IV. 311 He expected that..he could re-establish the English party in a decisive superiority.
b. To fix or set up again. rare.
1669J. Rose Eng. Vineyard (1675) 35 Re-establish your props, and with your foot tread the earth close to the roots. 1827H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 24 The same writer..mentions, that it was a common practice to reestablish large Trees..that had been blown down. 1847Grote Greece ii. xxxiv. (1862) III. 233 The bridge was re-established.
2. To set up again in a status or condition similar to the former one; to restore.
1559Fabyan's Chron. II. 571 In the foresaied parliament also was the booke of seruice..reestablished. 1579Fenton Guicciard. ii. 77 The better to reestablish their gouernment, they had in their parliament..instituted a kind of pollicie. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 137 One hundred and sixe Abbeyes of this Order were built and reestablished. 1676G. Towerson Decalogue 161 The great design of the gospel was to re-establish natural worship. 1705Arbuthnot Coins, etc. (1727) 257 Theodosia..was..afterward re-established and possessed by the Genoese, under the name of Cafa. 1769Goldsm. Hist. Rome (1786) I. 62 Some young men..undertook to re-establish monarchy. 1863Bright Sp., Amer. 26 Mar. (1876) 127 He had a fair chance of re-establishing his business. 1866Crump Banking ix. 193 America was..re-establishing a metallic currency.
3. To restore (one's health or strength) to the usual state; to set (ill-health) right again. Usually in pass. († also with person as subj.).
1697[see re-establishing vbl. n. below]. 1709Steele Tatler No. 7 ⁋ 18 His Health being so well re-established by the Baths. 1735–6Berkeley Let. to Johnson 12 Mar. in Fraser Life vii. 245 My ill-health, which is now pretty well re-established. 1766J. Wilkes Let. 3 May, I thank my dearest daughter for her obliging solicitude about my health. I am now quite re-established. c1850Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 268 The jeweller..felt his strength re-established. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxv. V. 288 With health so far re-established that he was able to take exercise on horseback.
b. To restore to a proper condition.
1812G. Chalmers Dom. Econ. Gt. Brit. 144 To see her..reestablish her financial affairs, in so short a period, after the conclusion of war. 1822De Quincey Confess. 61 About fifteen shillings I had employed in re-establishing..my dress.
4. To reassure. rare—1.
1722De Foe Plague (1754) 212 These things re-establish'd the Minds of the People very much.
Hence re-eˈstablishable a.; re-eˈstablisher; re-eˈstablishing vbl. n.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 162 The soveraigne restorers of vertue, and re-establishers of an happy world. 1611Cotgr., Restablissable, reestablishable. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xlvi. §9. 260/2 He addressed himselfe with his Armie to the reestablishing of the Ilands subiection. 1697Dryden Virgil, Life *2 b, The wholesomness of the Air..contributed..to the re-establishing of his Health. |