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reimˈpose, v.
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. réimposer.]
1. trans. To impose (a burden, tax, etc.) again.
1611Cotgr., Reimposer, to reimpose, to recharge. 1675–6in J. T. Wheeler Madras (1861) III. 418 Pretending to sell the Kings paddy here customs free..and to re-impose an avaldar. 1812Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary (1862) I. 123 Russia..scarcely even scrupled to re-impose the Turkish yoke upon her allies, the Servians. 1855Bright Sp., Russia 7 June (1876) 262 We have commenced a career of reimposing taxes. 1883Manch. Exam. 26 Nov. 5/2 We ought to..reimpose the sliding-scale duty on corn.
b. To tax again. rare.
1776Adam Smith W.N. v. ii. I. 463 If they complain and make good their complaints, the whole parish is reimposed next year, in order to reimburse them.
†2. To reprint. Obs. rare—1.
1686J. Eliot in Boyle's Wks. (1772) I. Life 213 My humble request..is, that we may again reimpose the Primer and Catechism; for though the last impression be not quite spent, yet quickly they will. |