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▪ I. † reˈstate, v.1 Obs. rare.
= re-estate v.
1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 320 As if..Popery [were] ready to be restated in Church and Common-wealth. 1657Pettus in Loveday's Lett. (1663) A iv, I confess I wish we were restated in our primitive Innocency.
▪ II. reˈstate, v.2|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To state or express over again or in a new way.
a1713T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1714) 310 A Broad-side.., in which, having re-stated the Controversie.., I offered a fair Chalenge to them. 1814J. C. Calhoun Wks. II. 94 Before I proceed further, it will be necessary to restate the propositions with which I commenced. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. i. ix. §1 (1876) 84, I have restated this exposition, which has already been made in a former place. 1876Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 247 Wordsworth has this fault of enforcing and restating obvious points.
So reˈstatement (also in Mus.: cf. statement 1 b).
1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 307 Curious intelligence has been obtained, and satisfactory vouchers are given for most of the re-statements. 1886Athenæum 30 Jan. 167/3 A restatement of the old mythical descent of the Dukes of Norfolk. 1944W. Apel Harvard Dict. Mus. 638/2 Restatement, same as recapitulation in sonata-form. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) III. 440/2 The restatement of the first subject is sufficient indication to the hearer as to what part of the movement he has arrived at. 1959Listener 20 Aug. 297/2 The preparation for the restatement in his first movement is altogether classical in method. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVII. 5/2 The first theme is restated in the dominant key. This restatement could appear at first to be the second subject. |