to divide anew into districts, esp. so as to reapportion electoral representatives
redistrict in American English
(riˈdɪstrɪkt)
transitive verb
to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes
Word origin
[1840–50, Amer.; re- + district]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, colloid, creationism, organizer, pylonre- is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning“again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or“backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. Other words that use the affixre- include: refurbish, regenerate, retrace, retype, revert