单词 | reappointment |
释义 | reappointmentn. A second or subsequent appointment; (also) the process or fact of making such an appointment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reappointment reappointment1763 1763 J. Entick Gen. Hist. Late War II. 191 At his re-appointment to the direction of public affairs, he found the enemy more powerful..than at the commencement of the war. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. l. 192 Your..re-appointment to a seat in the cabinet was announced to the public. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 72/2 The court postpone the re-appointment of a committee of patronage. 1861 Notes & Queries 23 Nov. 423/1 There may have been many circumstances in operation to prevent his immediate re-appointment to the mayoralty. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 2/1 The sooner, therefore, [he] is withdrawn, or his reappointment prevented, the better. 1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 26/2 Coley revoked the commission of every notary public within his jurisdiction, and a niveous skin was the one requisite of reappointment. 1994 Maclean's 7 Nov. 30/1 It is made clear to IRB members that a low acceptance rate will weigh heavily against reappointment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763 |
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