re-engagementn.
/ˌriːᵻnˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːɛnˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːᵻŋˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːɛŋˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriənˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt/ A renewed engagement; fresh or further engagement.
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1651 D. Cawdrey Inconsistencie Independent Way 109 Consequently they had power one over another, before their mutual re-engagement.
1654 R. Baxter Apol. against T. Blake & G. Kendall 148 Or if you suppose a re-engagement by Promise to do both these: he breaketh his own Covenant in the first respect..but not in the second.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Re-ingagement, an engaging again.
1799 J. T. Kirkman Mem. C. Macklin I. 297 The circumstances that led to his re-engagement at Drury Lane, are briefly these.
1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 286 He stayed to see Madame Vestris commence her re-engagement.
1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 67 §8 Re-engagement of soldiers.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. A flap of work..knitted separately from the main body, and subsequently joined thereto by re-engagement of loops.
1905 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 6 Jan. p. ii (advt.) Receptionist.—Lady desires re-engagement in high-class business.
1988 B. Casey Temporary Employment (BNC) 98 Nor is the Company under any obligation to offer further engagements or re-engagements.
2008 Jerusalem Rep. (Nexis) 21 Jan. (Middle east section) 16 A large part of Turkey's reengagement with the Middle East seems to be animated by an almost nostalgic yearning to recapture something of the Ottoman glory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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