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▪ I. † re-ˈenter, n. Obs.
[re- 5 a.]
= re-entry.
1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 74 Yelding to the lessoure..a certeine rent, and for defaut of paiment a reenter. 1639Records of Dedham (Mass.) (1892) III. 58 In case yt payment be not yearly made..it shall be lawfull for ye said Town to make a Reenter vpon ye premises.
▪ II. re-enter, v.|riːˈɛntə(r)|
[re- 5 a + enter v. Cf. F. rentrer (12th c.).]
1. a. intr. To enter again. Const. † in, into, upon.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 129/1, I shal reentre nakyd agayn in to therthe. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clxxxix. 191 He warred vpon the Danys that then were reentrede into Northumberlande. 1515Barclay Egloges i. (1570) A iij 2 When the good is gone..Seldome the better re-entreth in the place. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utop. ii. (1895) 283 The other, at theyre retourne home, agayn reentre euery one into his own place. 1618Rowlands Sacred Mem. 35, I doe commaund and charge that forth thou come, And neuer to reenter any more. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxix. 174 There is no possibility for the Soveraignty to re-enter. 1726Pope Odyss. xxi. 246 Re⁓enter then, not all at once. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 499 An air was then performed by bells; after which the two figures reentered. 1861tr. Montalembert's Monks of West I. 354 He descended..to re-enter into a rustic solitude. 1870Act 33 & 34 Vict. c. 67 §5 When any such soldier is directed to re-enter upon army service.
b. Law. To enter again upon possession of lands or tenements.
1461Rolls of Parlt. V. 485/1 In the same halfendele to reentre, and it in their first state to hold. 1485Ibid. VI. 321/2 The forsaid Blaunch and her said Feoffes to reenter into the said Ten[emen]ts. 1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 29 Schedule, It shalbe lefull to the seid Abbas..to reentre into the seid grounde. 1607Cowell Interpr. s.v. Reentry, If I doe condition with the Leasee, that for nonpayment of the rent at the day it shalbe lawful for me to reenter. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 45 If A. or his heirs pay to B. Ten pounds within a certain day, that they might re-enter. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) I. 396 The feoffee will re-enter, or bring an action to recontinue the possession. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 179 The royalist nobility and gentry reentered on their confiscated estates.
c. In stage-directions; hence, also in wider contexts. (Cf. enter v. 1 b.)
1693Congreve Old Batchelour v. i, Enter Sharper... Re⁓enter Sharper. 1803G. Colman John Bull iv. i. 56 Re-enter Dan booted. 1937‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! ii. iii. 137 And so—just conceivably—re-enter the spies.
2. a. trans. To enter (a place, etc.) again.
1442T. Beckington Corr. (Rolls) II. 246 The Lord Usak..re-entred the said cite by the same ladder. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. cxcviii. 205 In whiche season he made great prouysion to reenter the lande of Englande. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 255/2 He was content that Thurstinus should reenter hys realme. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 397 Those bright confines, whence..we may chance Re-enter Heav'n. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 220 Once more we to re-enter Bliss will try. 1778F. Burney Evelina (1791) II. xxxi. 195, I re-entered the drawing-room. 1830Lytton P. Clifford xxv, Mauleverer slowly re-entered his carriage. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 111 The air re-enters the minute bronchi and air-vesicles.
†b. To enter again into possession of (a thing); to regain (possession). Obs. rare.
1590Southwell M. Magd. Funeral Teares (1823) 115 Hee should after death re-enter possession of that inheritance which Adam lost. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), To Re-enter, to enter upon, or take Possession of again.
c. spec. of spacecraft. Also absol.
1961Times 6 May 8/2 Seven minutes after take-off the report came through that the capsule was beginning to reenter the earth's atmosphere. 1962S. Carpenter in Into Orbit 56 The capsule should not re-enter too quickly or the deceleration will be too great. 1968Times 16 Dec. 7/3 A second crucial phase begins when Apollo 8 reenters the earth's atmosphere. 1977G. Scott Hot Pursuit x. 90 The Americans..spotted it... It looked as though it was about to reenter.
d. In the drilling of offshore oil wells and similar holes: to enter (a borehole) again with a drilling bit.
1961W. Bascom Hole in Bottom of Sea xii. 244 Two parallel guide lines, stretched between the ship and fittings on the bottom, had a sliding crossbar to guide the bit so that the hole could be re-entered at will. 1967Ocean Industry June 15/1 Sonar system for hole re-entry which makes it possible to re-enter a small diameter borehole in three-mile-deep water. 1968Proc. Offshore Exploration Conf. 241 The drilling personnel have found it necessary to remove the drill string and desire to reenter it at a later time. 1975Proc. Offshore Technol. Conf. I. 27/1 One beacon..is attached to the object being re-entered (well head) and the other beacon..is attached to the re-entry tool.
†3. Sc. To lodge (a person) again in a place.
1566Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 454, I am content..that my saidis freindis tak and reentir and put me within the castellis. 1574Ibid. II. 379, I sall re-enter agane the said Roger in presoun quhen I sall be requirit.
4. To enter again in a book or register.
1838W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. i. v. 81 On applying to the steward he found that he was actually re-entered as tenant to the farm. 1839Act 2 & 3 Vict. c. 11 §4 The Senior Master shall forthwith re-enter the same [judgment] in like Manner as the same was originally entered. 1885Law Times LXXIX. 25/1 Another [notice] must be given before the plaintiff can re-enter the cause for trial.
5. techn.
a. In hand calico-printing: To apply (the secondary colours), to ground in.
1839[see re-entering vbl. n. below].
b. In engraving: To cut (imperfect or worn lines) deeper in the plate.
1854Fairholt Dict. Terms Art s.v., [The] line is re⁓entred with a sharp graver, and cut to the proper depth.
Hence re-ˈenterable a., capable of being re-entered; re-ˈentering vbl. n.
1638Junius Paint. Ancients 309 The very..reentring into the presence of things will instantly suggest unto us..how to order and place every figure. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 216 The grounding in or re-entering (rentrage) of the other colours is the next process. 1969P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 423 A reenterable program can service several tasks concurrently by switching from one task to another task at high speed. |