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† reaˈdept, v. Obs.
[See re- 5 a and adept a., adepted ppl. a.]
trans. To recover.
a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV (1809) 285 King Henry the VI thus readepted..his Crowne and dignitie Royall. Ibid. 291 The which Duchie if he might by their meanes readept and recover [etc.]. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 869/1 In the said yeare..in which Henrie the sixt readepted the crowne of England.
So † reaˈdeption, recovery. Obs.
1471in Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 693 Of the Readeption of our Roial Powerr the Furst Yere. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 798 Upon her husband's re-adeption of the Crown. |