reappointv.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Redeleguer, to redelegate, reappoint, giue a new commission vnto.

1700 R. Brady Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. 81 (margin) The King would not permit the Pope to reappoint Receivers of his Temporalities, during the Suspension of the Arch-Bishop.

1776 T. Jefferson 2nd Draft Constit. Virginia in Papers (1950) I. 351 After serving [two] years in that office they shall not be capable of being re-appointed to the same during an interval of [two] years.

1804 Times 13 July 2/6 By what we can learn, Count Cobentzel is reappointed our Ambassador to the French Government.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 46 The convert had..been reappointed Master of the Temple.

1884 Manch. Examiner 13 Sept. 5/2 A member may be reappointed for five years.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 825/2 As commander-in-chief, Lee now reappointed Johnston to command, and the latter soon attacked and very nearly defeated his old opponent.

1943 Hispania 26 89 It is believed that Hispania will be the gainer by a policy of rotating the Associate Editorships, rather than reappointing retiring staff-members as their terms expire.

1995 Denver Post 28 May a12/4 Thomas had told the chief that DeGroot would reappoint him if he would ‘dummy up and play the game’ during the election campaign.

1815 Zeluca III. 58 Before the re~appointed day.

1900 Times 24 Feb. 13/4 One of the first decisions of the reappointed committee was to make a reduction in the dining-room tariff.

2000 China Jrnl. (Austral. National Univ.) No. 43. 43 It would seem, however, that the reappointed members carried their critical attitudes towards the executive with them.