单词 | re-expel |
释义 | re-expelv. transitive (frequently in passive). To expel again. ΚΠ 1648 Lett. Presbyterian of Qualitie 4 We should soon be in our former Condition,..our chief and uncorrupted Members re-expelled, our Citizens re-committed, and our City enslaved. 1693 J. A. Barnard Bohun's Geogr. Dict. (new ed.) 367/1 This Place was taken by the Venetians..in the year 1570. After this, the Turks repossessed it, and were re-expelled by the Venetians in 1647. 1742 New & Compl. Surv. London II. ii. vii. 877/1 Upon the Demise of that Princess, and Accession of Queen Elizabeth, the Monks were re-expell'd by Parliament. 1807 Parl. Reg. I. 321 Mr. Wilkes was expelled for the North Briton, and re-expelled when he had been again returned. 1899 Daily News 14 Jan. 5/4 On the expiration of the sentence he will be re-expelled. 1930 Harvard Law Rev. 43 1015 One may guess that the duchess was told of the next meeting and stayed away, and that Mrs. Young was promptly re-expelled. 2001 Guardian 16 June i. 6/6 Laryngectomees must learn to speak by swallowing air and re-expelling it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1648 |
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