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▪ I. reˈplunge, n.|riː-|
[f. re- 5 a + plunge n.]
The act of plunging again.
1806J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 138 Unless the trout with quick replunge Ruffle the glassy surface. 1869Ruskin Q. of Air §39 The dolphins' arching rise and replunge.
▪ II. reˈplunge, v.|riː-|
[ad. F. replonger: or f. re- 5 a + plunge v.]
To plunge again, lit. and fig.
a. trans.a1618Sylvester Elegie to Marg. Wyts 92 To be replung'd in Romish superstition. 1719Young Revenge v. ii, Since thou hast replung'd me in my torture, I will be satisfy'd! 1751Female Foundling I. 103 Uneasiness seized me, and I was again replunged into Perplexity and Sorrow. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. vii. 252 She..dives again, and replunges the owl into the water. 1848Lytton Harold i. ii, They replunged into barbarism the nations over which they swept. 1863Conolly Study Hamlet 25 This replunges Hamlet into his bitterest reflections.
b. intr.1611Florio, Riprofondare, to sinke againe, to replunge. 1797W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXII. 545 Then [he] replunges for six days into the tainted atmosphere of the town in which he dwells. 1844Disraeli Coningsby vi. i, She..instantly turned her head and replunged into her conversation.
Hence reˈplunger.
1882Daily News 7 Jan. 2/1 Signalling lore,..a language in which ‘back-locking’, ‘slotters’, and ‘replungers’ are important factors. |