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▪ I. reposition, n.|riːpəˈzɪʃən|
Also re-.
[ad. late L. repositiōn-em, n. of action f. repōnĕre: see reposit v. and -ion1, and cf. F. réposition.]
1. Surg. The operation of restoring to the normal position; replacement.
1588J. Read tr. Arcæus' Compend. Meth. 67 Put it in his due place and right order againe... This reposition being made [etc.]. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 431 Luxations,..it's cured by..reposition,..diligent deligation, and soft collocation. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. viii. 288, I place him..for reposition, binding him fast so that he cannot stir. 1707Sloane Jamaica II. 151 The leaves..are laid to broken arms and legs after reposition with great success. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 458 Retroflexion of the uterus discovered, and treated by reposition.
b. Replacement (of a thing), in other senses.
1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. ii. x. (1879) 440 The structure itself is kept up by re-position of new matter.
2.
†a. Restoration of lands to a forest. Obs. rare.
1592J. Manwood Lawes Forest 178 The reposition to the Forest of such landes as were disaforested by the Statute..is to be done by perambulation and viewe. Ibid. Such landes as were disaforested without any reposition..are called Puralleyes.
b. Sc. Reinstatement (of a person) in, or restoration to, a position or office (esp. the ministry), or possession of a thing. Now only arch.
1643R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 53 At the day of reposition a number of gentleweomen and others came to the Church. 1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. (1848) 547 The three suspended conformists..expecting..reposition to their charges. 1681Stair Instit. ii. xxiii. §3. 4 Under Assignations are comprehended Translations,..or Retrocessions,..which are also called Repositions. 1889Stevenson Master of B. 276 The Favour of such a Reposition [to the possession of an estate] is too extreme to be passed over.
3. The action of repositing, laying up or aside.
1617Bp. Hall Quo Vadis? vi, What can be expected from that age, which is not capable of obseruation, carelesse of reposition? a1653Binning Serm. (1743) 579 When once a soul apprehends Christ, this is a reposition of all his cares and burdens. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xxxv. 365 For reposition and preserving dead mens skulls and bones.
†b. R.C. Ch. Reservation (of the Sacrament).
1657W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ xiv. 183 Protestant Divines condemn the reposition of the Sacrament.
▪ II. repoˈsition, v.
[re- 5 a.]
a. trans. To put in a fresh position; to re-state.
a1859De Quincey Posth. Wks. (1891) I. 278 Shall I revise..my logic of Political Economy, embodying every doctrine..which I have amended or re-positioned..? 1959Times 2 Oct. 11/3 Arm rests have been redesigned and repositioned. 1967Cox & Grose Organization & Handling Bibl. Rec. by Computer ii. 46 To do so requires that the space left be rapidly and accurately repositioned at the ‘exposing’ position. 1981S. Brett Situation Tragedy i. 9 They rearranged their cameras, repositioned their sound⁓booms.
b. intr. To adjust or alter one's position.
1947A. C. Douglas Gliding & Soaring 48 If the tow is to consist of more than two sailplanes the manner in which they shall release or reposition should be decided beforehand. 1977Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. iv. 3/2 The Prisendam will make a second visit in April while repositioning from Singapore to Vancouver.
Hence repoˈsitioned ppl. a., repoˈsitioning vbl. n.
1968P. A. P. Moran Introd. Probability Theory ix. 408 Thus by repositioning there is no restriction in supposing that the distribution of X is confined to the points 0, 1, 2,.., zero being its true left extremity. 1969Gloss. Terms Dentistry (B.S.I.) 69 Repositioned flap procedures. (1) Apically repositioned flap operation... (2) Apically displaced flap operation... (3) Laterally repositioned flap operation. 1975T. Allbeury Special Collection ix. 60 Air experts had noticed..the repositioned undercarriage members. 1977Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 432/1 No changes in the surgically repositioned bone. 1980A. Coppel Hastings Conspiracy xxxviii. 230 A major repositioning of large sections of the Soviet Army. |