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单词 reapproach
释义

reapproachv.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈprəʊtʃ/, U.S. /ˌriəˈproʊtʃ/
Forms: see re- prefix and approach v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, approach v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + approach v.With use in quot. 1780 at sense 2 perhaps compare French rapprocher to reconcile (1688 in this sense).
1. transitive. To approach again.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > again
reapproach1592
1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. (new ed.) 66 If euer siluer conduictes were abroche Of streaming Witt, and flowing Eloquence: Yee fludds of milke, and hoony reapproche, And bounteously poure-out your Quintessence.
1652 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra iii. 198 Re~approaching him, and raising him by the Arme.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. iii. 349 Reapproaching the hole, he..surveyed the depth of the cave.
1761 tr. G. B. Du Bocage Petit Neptune François iv. 58 When you are got between the two Points, you re-approach the Eastern side.
1854 P. B. St. John Amy Moss 90 He then rose,..re-approached the fire, and sat down upon a log.
1899 Times 24 Nov. 6/6 Now with lowered rates the miners are gradually reapproaching a living wage.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 658 He..reascended the stairs, reapproached the door of the front room,..and reentered.
1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xii. 234 Cautiously..he re-approaches the gate.
2003 Contemp. Lit. 44 128 The traumatized soldier has..‘missed’ the traumatic experience and must now reapproach it as a historian.
2. transitive. To bring together again. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] > again
reunite1579
reunite1596
readunitea1600
reapproach1663
reunify1879
reteam1902
1663 R. Boyle Exper. & Consid. Colours iii. Exp. xiv Severing or reapproaching the edges of the two irises.
1780 H. Walpole Corr. (1971) 5 June IX. 55 I doubt this narrative will not reapproach you and Mr Windham.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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