rebringv.
/riːˈbrɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈbrɪŋ/ transitive. To bring back or again. Also with back.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > lead or bring back
reversec1350
remisec1500
rebring1595
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. xxiv. sig. C Now this great succeeder all repaires, And rebrings-backe that discontinued good.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale viii. 112 But then afreshe..rebringes these canons foorth that back weare run.
1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 84 Shee feeds them with her travaile and re-brings Store of reliefe upon her tender wings.
1766 R. Andrews tr. Virgil Aeneid xi. in Wks. 460 Aurora meanwhile on poor mortals smil'd, Rebringing day with its laborious toils.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 393 Lo! ye are all restored,..rebrought To Heaven by Him who cast ye forth.
1890 A. E. Pratt 250th Anniv. Celebration Sandwich & Bourne 24 Augustine rebrought Christianity to Britain.
1917 C. P. Williams Jurisdict. & Pract. of Federal Courts 148 The plaintiff retains his right to dismiss voluntarily his suit after the removal, and to rebring the same in the state court.
1982 Michigan Law Rev. 81 435 A plaintiff seeks to rebring an action that a court has previously refused to hear.
2005 A. C. Hutchinson Evol. & Common Law vi. 165 It [sc. truth] is only brought and rebrought to life in the active and persisting conversations between real people.
Derivatives
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 328 Ripotatore,..a rebringer.
reˈbringing n. rare
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 328 Ripórto,..a rebringing.
1914 ‘G. Thorne’ Chance in Chains 173 Three numbers upon his cypher-card had passed by during the rebringing of money to the table.
1983 South Eastern Reporter 305 862/1 That dismissal would act as a bar to the rebringing of the petition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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