单词 | readopt |
释义 | readoptv. transitive. To adopt again. ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Readottare, to chuse by adoption again, to readopt. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Readopter, to readopt. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. iv. 18 If he had not been prevented by death..he had a purpose of re-adopting Agrippa. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo i, in Wks. (1721) III. 33 I come to save you..And God to re-adopt you to incline. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xii. 293 Children who have been adopted when young among these people, can never be prevailed on to re-adopt European manners. 1850 B. Taylor Eldorado I. xv. 103 The boundary which had first passed was re-adopted by a large vote. 1885 N. Amer. Rev. June 486 As the trade and industry of Europe shrank, gold went out of use, and in Charlemagne's time silver was readopted. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 179/2 This resolution was re-adopted at the beginning of each of the immediately succeeding sessions of congress. 1962 Independent Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 25 Nov. 21/3 When we weary of materialism, it is to be expected that we will readopt the spirit of our American revolution. 1994 Times 24 Nov. 1/3 Their constituency associations would not be able to readopt them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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