re-amendmentn.
/ˌriːəˈmɛn(d)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriəˈmɛn(d)m(ə)nt/ An act or the action of amending something again.
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1769 Answers for Rev. J. Moffat 6 No body who ever attended an ecclesiastical court, and recollects the various motions, countermotions, amendments, and re-amendments..will necessarily appear on the face of those minutes.
1796 C. Lamb Let. 8 Nov. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 60 Take my sonnets once for all, and do not propose any re-amendments.
1896 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Argus 14 Aug. 1/6 It was agreed not to oppose the lower house and accept all the re-amendments except one.
1956 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 22 Feb. 1/8 Torquato described the bills as ‘substantially the same’ as had passed the house despite the numerous amendments and re-amendments.
1990 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 June 20 But even if the deficit targets are ripe for yet more re-amendment, they remain a public embarrassment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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