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单词 readjourn
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readjournv.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈdʒəːn/, U.S. /ˌriəˈdʒərn/
Forms: see re- prefix and adjourn v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, adjourn v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + adjourn v., originally after French réajourner (1611 in Cotgrave as readjourner : see quot. 1611). Compare post-classical Latin readjornare (13th cent. in British and continental sources). Compare slightly earlier readjournment n., and also rejourn v.
intransitive. To adjourn again. Also transitive.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > again
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > again
readjourn1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Readjourner, to readiourn.
1628 H. Wotton Let. 6 Mar. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 443 The Parliament..was then re-adjourned by the Kings especial Command till Tuesday next.
1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 41 He might have given Notice by Proclamation that upon this account, they should re~adjourn to a yet longer time.
1714 J. Pointer Chronol. Hist. Eng. I. 223 The Parliament met according to their Adjournment, and Re-adjourned till the tenth instant.
1761 Let. Young Gentleman in Dublin 12 In this Kingdom we have often seen the Court in which he lately presided adjourned and re-adjourned.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxiv. 238 The matter was adjourned and readjourned, and referred, and reported on..until Richard began to doubt..whether if he entered the army at all, it would not be as a veteran of seventy.
1897 S. G. Fisher Evol. Constit. U.S. iii. 83 Much difficulty seems to have been experienced.., and the convention adjourned and readjourned repeatedly, moving about from place to place.
1933 Lima (Ohio) News 8 June 6/4 When Congress and the Legislature readjourn, it is our small-town bet these same dear people with ballyhoo power, will be more heavily taxed than ever.
1987 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 2 Nov. 28 To try and come up with a unified stance on the issue before the state Legislature readjourns early next year.
2006 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 20 Sept. b2 Ten minutes later when the meeting readjourned, several friends and family of Rosales spoke to the board.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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