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re-turn, v.2|riː-|
[f. re- 5 a + turn v. In early examples, however, identical with prec. Usually in phr. turn and re-turn.]
1. trans. To turn (a thing or person) over, round, or back again. Also refl.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 1023 Retournynge in hire soule ay up and doun The wordes of this sodeyn Diomede. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop v. x, He fond a grete pyece of bakon wel salted, the whiche he tourned and retourned vp sodoune. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. 740 He was turned and retourned, to se what hurtes or woundes he had. 1609B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vii, Fac. O, you must follow, sir,..Hee'll turne againe else. Kas. I'll re-turne him, then. 1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xvii. 110 By Turning and Returning the Key. 1720Pope Iliad xvii. 8 Anxious [the heifer]..Turns, and re-turns her, with a mother's care. 1857Mrs. Gore Castles in Air xviii, [He] turned and re⁓turned it in his hands..— examining the handwriting and the seal.
2. intr. To turn again; to turn back.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxv. (1859) 30 Suche maner of penaunce that torneth and retorneth, maye wel be resembled to the whele of a mylle. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 704 Then shalt thou see the dew-bedabbled wretch Turn, and return. 1605B. Jonson Volpone i. iii, Men of your large profession..That, with most quick agilitie, could turne, And re-turne; make knots, and vndoe them. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 414 In dance they skim the strand, Turn and re-turn, and scarce imprint the sand. 1853C. Brontë Villette xxviii, He turned to the door... He re-turned on his steps. |