reclassifyv.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈklasᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/rəˈklæsəˌfaɪ/,

/riˈklæsəˌfaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, classify v.

Etymology: < re- prefix + classify v. Compare earlier reclass v., and slightly later reclassification n.

1. transitive. To classify again; to give a new classification to; to reassign or reconsider as belonging to a particular class or category.

ΚΠ

1837 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 5 25 In Tinnuneulus there is a wide deviation from the type of Falco: and the truth would seem to be the Diurnal as well as Nocturnal Raptores require to be reclassified.

1849 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 12 328 (table) Criminal Commitments, 1842-7, Reclassified in Groups.

1879 C. A. Cutter in Libr. Jrnl. 4 234 To reclassify and rearrange the whole and alter all the shelf-marks in the books and again on the catalogs.

1928 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 8/2 They will have an opportunity of reclassifying their institutions.

1946 Nature 28 Sept. 439/1 Existing roads should be reclassified and the design of new roads should not be attempted before their purpose was clearly determined.

1953 Times 8 June 7/4 Whether the Government will consider the advisability of reclassifying crash helmets as motor-cycle accessories.

1972 W. P. McGivern Caprifoil iii. 47 ‘Those files aren't available.’ ‘They've been reclassified?’

a1992 L. Colwin Big Storm knocked it Over (1993) i. 4 After one short ceremony in the formal room of a rented mansion, she had been reclassified as a married woman.

2. transitive. South African. During the apartheid era: to officially assign (a person) to a different legally defined ethnic group. Frequently with as.

ΚΠ

1970 Daily News (Durban) 9 June 5 A Durban coloured woman..who was acquitted in January of contravening the Immorality Act with her White boyfriend, is still battling to be re-classified as a White.

1982 Voice 20 June 2 Mr Joseph Mazibuko said he had changed his surname so that he could be reclassified as a MoTswana.

1996 M. Chapman Southern Afr. Literatures 230 Coloured people became the main victims of bureaucratic classification procedures with some appealing to be reclassified white and others suddenly being reclassified African.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reclassify
释义	reclassifyv. Brit. /ˌriːˈklasᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /rəˈklæsəˌfaɪ/, /riˈklæsəˌfaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, classify v. Etymology: < re- prefix + classify v. Compare earlier reclass v., and slightly later reclassification n. 1. transitive. To classify again; to give a new classification to; to reassign or reconsider as belonging to a particular class or category. ΚΠ 1837 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 5 25 In Tinnuneulus there is a wide deviation from the type of Falco: and the truth would seem to be the Diurnal as well as Nocturnal Raptores require to be reclassified. 1849 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 12 328 (table) Criminal Commitments, 1842-7, Reclassified in Groups. 1879 C. A. Cutter in Libr. Jrnl. 4 234 To reclassify and rearrange the whole and alter all the shelf-marks in the books and again on the catalogs. 1928 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 8/2 They will have an opportunity of reclassifying their institutions. 1946 Nature 28 Sept. 439/1 Existing roads should be reclassified and the design of new roads should not be attempted before their purpose was clearly determined. 1953 Times 8 June 7/4 Whether the Government will consider the advisability of reclassifying crash helmets as motor-cycle accessories. 1972 W. P. McGivern Caprifoil iii. 47 ‘Those files aren't available.’ ‘They've been reclassified?’ a1992 L. Colwin Big Storm knocked it Over (1993) i. 4 After one short ceremony in the formal room of a rented mansion, she had been reclassified as a married woman. 2. transitive. South African. During the apartheid era: to officially assign (a person) to a different legally defined ethnic group. Frequently with as. ΚΠ 1970 Daily News (Durban) 9 June 5 A Durban coloured woman..who was acquitted in January of contravening the Immorality Act with her White boyfriend, is still battling to be re-classified as a White. 1982 Voice 20 June 2 Mr Joseph Mazibuko said he had changed his surname so that he could be reclassified as a MoTswana. 1996 M. Chapman Southern Afr. Literatures 230 Coloured people became the main victims of bureaucratic classification procedures with some appealing to be reclassified white and others suddenly being reclassified African. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1837
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