re-enterv.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈɛntə/,

/rɪˈɛntə/, U.S.

/riˈɛn(t)ər/

Forms: see re- prefix and enter v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, enter v.

Etymology: < re- prefix + enter v., in early use after Anglo-Norman reentrer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rentrer (French rentrer ) to enter (a place) again, to come back (c1140 in Old French), in Anglo-Norman also (frequently in legal use) to repossess lands or property (early 14th cent. or earlier used transitively, late 14th cent. or earlier used intransitively in reentrer en to re-enter into (a place)), to return (a person) to a place of custody (14th cent. or earlier) and post-classical Latin reintrare (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), reentrare (1379 in a British source). Compare Italian rientrare (a1348, earliest in sense 2a).With sense 1a compare re-entry n. 1. In sense 5 after French rentrer to cut (lines) deeper in a plate or woodcut (1762).

a. intransitive. Law. To enter lands, property, etc., again as a formal assertion of renewed ownership; to repossess lands, property, etc., previously granted or let to another, esp. in response to a breach of the terms of the lease. Also in extended use. See re-entry n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > enter upon possession [verb (intransitive)] > re-enter upon possession

re-enter1439

1439 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1840) VI. 15 (MED) It shall be leeffull to the seid feffours..for to reentre and holde it as in her former astate.

1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 485/1 In the same halfendele to reentre, and it in their first state to hold.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 29 Sched. It shalbe lefull to the seid Abbas..to reentre into the seid grounde.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Kkk1^v/2, at Reentry If I doe condition with the Leassee, that for non payment of the rent at the day it shalbe lawfull for me to reenter.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 45 If A. or his heirs pay to B. Ten pounds within a certain day, that they might re-enter.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 320 For ought I know Fox's Heirs..might bring their Assize for that Disseisin, and so re-enter.

1768 F. Buller Introd. Law Nisi Prius iii. ii. 136 The Landlord or Lessor has Right to re-enter for Non-payment of Rent.

1824 T. Jefferson Let. 5 June in Writings (1984) 1490 The nation re-entered into all its rights.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 179 The royalist nobility and gentry reentered on their confiscated estates.

1908 Law Rep. Chancery Div. 1 588 I do not see how it is possible..to say that the lessors have re-entered, when all that they have done is to give a notice of their intention to re-enter.

1987 L. Brown Law for Haulier (BNC) 64 If the Tenant shall become bankrupt or enter into any composition with his creditors it shall be lawful for the Landlord to re-enter upon the premises.

2006 D. Chappelle Land Law (ed. 7) ix. 308 The landlord loses his right to re-enter in respect of breaches which he has waived, but not of subsequent breaches.

†b. transitive. To resume possession of (a thing); to regain (possession). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > [verb (transitive)] > re-enter possession of

re-enter1591

1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 36 He should after death reenter possession of that inheritance which Adam lost.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Re-enter, to enter upon, or take Possession of again.

a. transitive. To go into (a place or closed space) again. Also: to return to (a former state, condition, pursuit, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > again

re-enter1442

reinvade1611

1442 T. Bekington Let. in G. Williams Mem. Reign Henry VI (1872) II. 246 The Lord Usak..re-entred the said cite by the same ladder.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxviii. f. cxiii In whiche season he made great prouysion to Reenter the lande of Englande.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 255/2 He was content that Thurstinus should safely reenter hys realme.

1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. G4 Now come I to the last ranke of the Roman pollicies..whereby they do seeke to re-enter where they have beene disrooted.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 397 Those bright confines, whence..we may chance Re-enter Heav'n.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo vii, in Wks. (1721) III. 220 Once more we to re-enter Bliss will try.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xv. 161 I re-entered the drawing-room.

1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford III. i. 19 Mauleverer slowly re-entered his carriage.

1891 Law Times 92 124/1 Sugden..re-entered politics, and sat in the House of Commons.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 111 The air re-enters the minute bronchi and air-vesicles.

1912 J. Conrad 'Twixt Land & Sea v. 60 I re-entered the dining-room.

1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 177 Mrs Kennedy was re-entering public life.

1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 98 When Childers rested, Sylvester rested; when Childers came back in, Sylvester reentered the game.

2004 Eventing Oct. 24/1 At one point you were required to buy another ticket if you wished to re-enter the stadium complex after course-walking.

b. intransitive in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > again

re-enter1483

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 129/1 I shal reentre nakyd agayn in to therthe.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxix. f. cxii^v He warred vpon the Danys, that then were reentrede into Northumberlande.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. Cij^v Whan the good is gone,..Seldom the better reentreth in the place.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Qviii The other at theyre retourne home agayn reentre euery one into his own place.

1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 35 I doe commaund and charge that forth thou come, And neuer to reenter any more.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 174 There is no possibility for the Soveraignty to re-enter.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 246 Re-enter then, not all at once.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. 364 [She] ventured to re-enter.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 499 An air was then performed by bells; after which the two figures reentered.

1861 M. Oliphant tr. C. F. de Montalembert Monks of West I. 354 He descended..to re-enter into a rustic solitude.

1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 67 §5 When any such soldier is directed to re-enter upon army service.

1904 Athenæum 24 Sept. 408/3 Samuel re-entered with poached eyes.

1954 Columbia Law Rev. 54 379 The court nevertheless refused to place the child in his father's custody until the father had formally re-entered into the good graces of his religion.

1993 Gut 34 1026/1 These patients were dropped from the study but were allowed to re-enter eight weeks later.

c. intransitive. Chiefly Theatre. To return to the stage. Also in extended use. Cf. enter v. 15c(a).Chiefly in stage directions. Used mainly in the imperative, followed by the name of a character.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > written or printed text > [verb (intransitive)] > stage directions

exeantc1485

exeuntc1485

exeata1556

re-enterc1590

exit1607

c1590 C. Marlowe Faustus v. (stage direct.) Re-enter Mephistophilis with a chafer of coals.

c1600 Pilgrimage v. (stage direct.) in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 130 Re-enter Dromo, with Philomusus and Studioso.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. ii. 53 (stage direct.) Enter Sharper... Re-enter Sharper.

1766 G. S. Carey Inoculator iii. 17 (stage direct.) Re-enter Pestle in a Hurry.

1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse iii. i. 60 Beat. (Re-entering, in great agitation, upon her tip-toes.) Ma'am! Ma'am!

1803 G. Colman John Bull iv. i. 56 (stage direct.) Re-enter Dan booted.

1841 S. F. Adams Vivia Perpetua i. i. 13 Re-enter Atilius.

1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! ii. iii. 137 And so—just conceivably—re-enter the spies.

1949 L. Simpson Arrivistes 34 Re-enter Black-Marketeer, disguised with a drooping moustache.

1996 Economist 21 Dec. 115/3 After the downsizing, re-enter upsizing.

2005 D. J. Seal Church & Stage App. 129 Herod exits. Pilate and Caiaphas re-enter and approach Jesus.

d. transitive. Oil Industry. To start drilling in (a borehole) again, after having removed the drilling bit.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > other procedures

to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1819

to rack up1839

shootc1870

torpedo1873

pull1895

sidetrack1906

swab1916

stab1922

re-enter1937

rack1949

1937 U.S. Patent 2,076,307 3/1 Should it be thought necessary to re-enter the well below the plug it is, of course, necessary to drill up the cement and plug.

1961 W. Bascom Hole in Bottom of Sea xii. 244 Two parallel guide lines..had a sliding crossbar to guide the bit so that the hole could be re-entered at will.

2003 Reinforced Plastics 47 6/3 The flexible and tough nature of the composite drill pipe will enable users to re-enter existing vertical wells.

e. transitive and intransitive. Astronautics. Of a spacecraft: to return into (the atmosphere) from space.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [verb (intransitive)] > re-enter earth's atmosphere

re-enter1947

society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [verb (transitive)] > re-enter earth's atmosphere

re-enter1947

1947 W. Ley Rockets & Space Travel (rev. ed.) ix. 223 Much of this velocity was regained during the descent, until the rocket entered or rather re-entered denser layers of the atmosphere.

1950 A. C. Clarke Interplanetary Flight viii. 96 The ship envisaged would probably be a two-step rocket... The upper step would be winged so that when it re-entered the atmosphere it could land as a glider.

1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 56 The capsule should not re-enter too quickly or the deceleration will be too great.

1977 G. Scott Hot Pursuit x. 90 The Americans..spotted it... It looked as though it was about to reenter.

1995 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World iv. 71 Some UFO sightings turned out to be..rocket boosters spectacularly reentering the atmosphere.

3. transitive. To enter (a name, fact, etc.) again in a book, register, or record. In later use: to input (data) into a computer again. Cf. enter v. 23a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record

writeOE

setc1175

embreve?c1225

enrolc1350

enter1389

rollc1400

enact1467

act1475

enchroniclea1513

ascribe1532

re-enter1535

to put down1574

register1597

inscroll1600

emologea1639

spread1823

to book in1860

to sign on1879

log1889

sign1894

to sign out1916

to sign in1924

1535 King Henry VIII Let. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/9/65) f. 85 Y^t ye our Treasorer reenter hym into his old place of your bookis.

1838 W. 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.

1839 Act 2 & 3 Victoria c. 11 §4 The Senior Master shall forthwith re-enter the same [judgment] in like Manner as the same was originally entered.

1885 Law Times 79 25/1 Another [notice] must be given before the plaintiff can re-enter the cause for trial.

1948 Amer. Hist. Rev. 53 942 The letter which Urban had sent to Alexius requesting that his name be re-entered into the diptychs.

1976 Sci. Amer. June 88/1 (advt.) HP's special logic system with four-register stack almost completely eliminates the need to re-enter data.

2000 Yahoo! Internet Life Mar. 168/1 You may want to set up distribution lists; that way, you won't have to reenter everyone's e-mail address each time you compose a new message.

†4. transitive. Scottish. To return (a person) to a place of custody. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 454 I am content..that my saidis freindis tak and reentir and put me within the castellis.

1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 379 I sall re-enter agane the said Roger in presoun quhen I sall be requirit.

1656 in J. A. Clyde Hope's Major Practicks (1938) II. 217 If the persewar wold have challengit, he wold have reentered him cum omni causa; bot by the persewar's fault he is not reentered.

1672 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) I. 229 Upone his trust the said Finlay was sufferit to come out of the tolbuithe..and that he sould be reentirit, yit [etc.].

5. transitive. Printmaking. To cut (lines) deeper in a plate or woodcut; (also) to engrave (a plate) again.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)] > cut more deeply

re-enter1827

1827 G. Cumberland Ess. collecting Anc. Engravers Ital. School 168 In many plates he altered the distances,and re-entered every stroke with a sharp graver.

1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art (at cited word) [The] line is re-entred with a sharp graver, and cut to the proper depth.

1979 B. Moser Wood Engraving 19 The narrowest tool cuts the length and configuration of the line which is re-entered repeatedly at staggered intervals.

1992 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Mar. 42/1 This was almost certainly one of the unhardened plates and..it had been re-entered throughout.

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

单词	re-enter
释义	† re-entern. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: re-enter v. Etymology: Probably < re-enter v., after Anglo-Norman reentrer re-entry (1346 or earlier; use as noun of reentrer re-enter v.). Compare earlier enter n.¹ and re-entry n. 1a. Law. Obsolete. = re-entry n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > [noun] > re-entering on possession re-entrya1443 regress1444 re-enter1574 1574 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. 74 Yelding to the lessoure..a certeine rent, & for defaute of paiment a reenter [1528–30 reentre]. 1639 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 58 In case y^t payment be not yearly made..it shall be lawfull for ye said Town to make a Reenter vpon ye premises. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). re-enterv. Brit. /ˌriːˈɛntə/, /rɪˈɛntə/, U.S. /riˈɛn(t)ər/ Forms: see re- prefix and enter v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, enter v. Etymology: < re- prefix + enter v., in early use after Anglo-Norman reentrer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rentrer (French rentrer ) to enter (a place) again, to come back (c1140 in Old French), in Anglo-Norman also (frequently in legal use) to repossess lands or property (early 14th cent. or earlier used transitively, late 14th cent. or earlier used intransitively in reentrer en to re-enter into (a place)), to return (a person) to a place of custody (14th cent. or earlier) and post-classical Latin reintrare (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), reentrare (1379 in a British source). Compare Italian rientrare (a1348, earliest in sense 2a).With sense 1a compare re-entry n. 1. In sense 5 after French rentrer to cut (lines) deeper in a plate or woodcut (1762). 1. a. intransitive. Law. To enter lands, property, etc., again as a formal assertion of renewed ownership; to repossess lands, property, etc., previously granted or let to another, esp. in response to a breach of the terms of the lease. Also in extended use. See re-entry n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > enter upon possession [verb (intransitive)] > re-enter upon possession re-enter1439 1439 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1840) VI. 15 (MED) It shall be leeffull to the seid feffours..for to reentre and holde it as in her former astate. 1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 485/1 In the same halfendele to reentre, and it in their first state to hold. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 29 Sched. It shalbe lefull to the seid Abbas..to reentre into the seid grounde. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Kkk1^v/2, at Reentry If I doe condition with the Leassee, that for non payment of the rent at the day it shalbe lawfull for me to reenter. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 45 If A. or his heirs pay to B. Ten pounds within a certain day, that they might re-enter. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 320 For ought I know Fox's Heirs..might bring their Assize for that Disseisin, and so re-enter. 1768 F. Buller Introd. Law Nisi Prius iii. ii. 136 The Landlord or Lessor has Right to re-enter for Non-payment of Rent. 1824 T. Jefferson Let. 5 June in Writings (1984) 1490 The nation re-entered into all its rights. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 179 The royalist nobility and gentry reentered on their confiscated estates. 1908 Law Rep. Chancery Div. 1 588 I do not see how it is possible..to say that the lessors have re-entered, when all that they have done is to give a notice of their intention to re-enter. 1987 L. Brown Law for Haulier (BNC) 64 If the Tenant shall become bankrupt or enter into any composition with his creditors it shall be lawful for the Landlord to re-enter upon the premises. 2006 D. Chappelle Land Law (ed. 7) ix. 308 The landlord loses his right to re-enter in respect of breaches which he has waived, but not of subsequent breaches. †b. transitive. To resume possession of (a thing); to regain (possession). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > [verb (transitive)] > re-enter possession of re-enter1591 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 36 He should after death reenter possession of that inheritance which Adam lost. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Re-enter, to enter upon, or take Possession of again. 2. a. transitive. To go into (a place or closed space) again. Also: to return to (a former state, condition, pursuit, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > again re-enter1442 reinvade1611 1442 T. Bekington Let. in G. Williams Mem. Reign Henry VI (1872) II. 246 The Lord Usak..re-entred the said cite by the same ladder. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxviii. f. cxiii In whiche season he made great prouysion to Reenter the lande of Englande. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 255/2 He was content that Thurstinus should safely reenter hys realme. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. G4 Now come I to the last ranke of the Roman pollicies..whereby they do seeke to re-enter where they have beene disrooted. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 397 Those bright confines, whence..we may chance Re-enter Heav'n. View more context for this quotation a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo vii, in Wks. (1721) III. 220 Once more we to re-enter Bliss will try. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xv. 161 I re-entered the drawing-room. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford III. i. 19 Mauleverer slowly re-entered his carriage. 1891 Law Times 92 124/1 Sugden..re-entered politics, and sat in the House of Commons. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 111 The air re-enters the minute bronchi and air-vesicles. 1912 J. Conrad 'Twixt Land & Sea v. 60 I re-entered the dining-room. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 177 Mrs Kennedy was re-entering public life. 1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 98 When Childers rested, Sylvester rested; when Childers came back in, Sylvester reentered the game. 2004 Eventing Oct. 24/1 At one point you were required to buy another ticket if you wished to re-enter the stadium complex after course-walking. b. intransitive in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > again re-enter1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 129/1 I shal reentre nakyd agayn in to therthe. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxix. f. cxii^v He warred vpon the Danys, that then were reentrede into Northumberlande. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. Cij^v Whan the good is gone,..Seldom the better reentreth in the place. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Qviii The other at theyre retourne home agayn reentre euery one into his own place. 1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 35 I doe commaund and charge that forth thou come, And neuer to reenter any more. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 174 There is no possibility for the Soveraignty to re-enter. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 246 Re-enter then, not all at once. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. 364 [She] ventured to re-enter. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 499 An air was then performed by bells; after which the two figures reentered. 1861 M. Oliphant tr. C. F. de Montalembert Monks of West I. 354 He descended..to re-enter into a rustic solitude. 1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 67 §5 When any such soldier is directed to re-enter upon army service. 1904 Athenæum 24 Sept. 408/3 Samuel re-entered with poached eyes. 1954 Columbia Law Rev. 54 379 The court nevertheless refused to place the child in his father's custody until the father had formally re-entered into the good graces of his religion. 1993 Gut 34 1026/1 These patients were dropped from the study but were allowed to re-enter eight weeks later. c. intransitive. Chiefly Theatre. To return to the stage. Also in extended use. Cf. enter v. 15c(a).Chiefly in stage directions. Used mainly in the imperative, followed by the name of a character. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > written or printed text > [verb (intransitive)] > stage directions exeantc1485 exeuntc1485 exeata1556 re-enterc1590 exit1607 c1590 C. Marlowe Faustus v. (stage direct.) Re-enter Mephistophilis with a chafer of coals. c1600 Pilgrimage v. (stage direct.) in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 130 Re-enter Dromo, with Philomusus and Studioso. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. ii. 53 (stage direct.) Enter Sharper... Re-enter Sharper. 1766 G. S. Carey Inoculator iii. 17 (stage direct.) Re-enter Pestle in a Hurry. 1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse iii. i. 60 Beat. (Re-entering, in great agitation, upon her tip-toes.) Ma'am! Ma'am! 1803 G. Colman John Bull iv. i. 56 (stage direct.) Re-enter Dan booted. 1841 S. F. Adams Vivia Perpetua i. i. 13 Re-enter Atilius. 1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! ii. iii. 137 And so—just conceivably—re-enter the spies. 1949 L. Simpson Arrivistes 34 Re-enter Black-Marketeer, disguised with a drooping moustache. 1996 Economist 21 Dec. 115/3 After the downsizing, re-enter upsizing. 2005 D. J. Seal Church & Stage App. 129 Herod exits. Pilate and Caiaphas re-enter and approach Jesus. d. transitive. Oil Industry. To start drilling in (a borehole) again, after having removed the drilling bit. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > other procedures to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1819 to rack up1839 shootc1870 torpedo1873 pull1895 sidetrack1906 swab1916 stab1922 re-enter1937 rack1949 1937 U.S. Patent 2,076,307 3/1 Should it be thought necessary to re-enter the well below the plug it is, of course, necessary to drill up the cement and plug. 1961 W. Bascom Hole in Bottom of Sea xii. 244 Two parallel guide lines..had a sliding crossbar to guide the bit so that the hole could be re-entered at will. 2003 Reinforced Plastics 47 6/3 The flexible and tough nature of the composite drill pipe will enable users to re-enter existing vertical wells. e. transitive and intransitive. Astronautics. Of a spacecraft: to return into (the atmosphere) from space. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [verb (intransitive)] > re-enter earth's atmosphere re-enter1947 society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [verb (transitive)] > re-enter earth's atmosphere re-enter1947 1947 W. Ley Rockets & Space Travel (rev. ed.) ix. 223 Much of this velocity was regained during the descent, until the rocket entered or rather re-entered denser layers of the atmosphere. 1950 A. C. Clarke Interplanetary Flight viii. 96 The ship envisaged would probably be a two-step rocket... The upper step would be winged so that when it re-entered the atmosphere it could land as a glider. 1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 56 The capsule should not re-enter too quickly or the deceleration will be too great. 1977 G. Scott Hot Pursuit x. 90 The Americans..spotted it... It looked as though it was about to reenter. 1995 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World iv. 71 Some UFO sightings turned out to be..rocket boosters spectacularly reentering the atmosphere. 3. transitive. To enter (a name, fact, etc.) again in a book, register, or record. In later use: to input (data) into a computer again. Cf. enter v. 23a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record writeOE setc1175 embreve?c1225 enrolc1350 enter1389 rollc1400 enact1467 act1475 enchroniclea1513 ascribe1532 re-enter1535 to put down1574 register1597 inscroll1600 emologea1639 spread1823 to book in1860 to sign on1879 log1889 sign1894 to sign out1916 to sign in1924 1535 King Henry VIII Let. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/9/65) f. 85 Y^t ye our Treasorer reenter hym into his old place of your bookis. 1838 W. 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. 1839 Act 2 & 3 Victoria c. 11 §4 The Senior Master shall forthwith re-enter the same [judgment] in like Manner as the same was originally entered. 1885 Law Times 79 25/1 Another [notice] must be given before the plaintiff can re-enter the cause for trial. 1948 Amer. Hist. Rev. 53 942 The letter which Urban had sent to Alexius requesting that his name be re-entered into the diptychs. 1976 Sci. Amer. June 88/1 (advt.) HP's special logic system with four-register stack almost completely eliminates the need to re-enter data. 2000 Yahoo! Internet Life Mar. 168/1 You may want to set up distribution lists; that way, you won't have to reenter everyone's e-mail address each time you compose a new message. †4. transitive. Scottish. To return (a person) to a place of custody. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 454 I am content..that my saidis freindis tak and reentir and put me within the castellis. 1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 379 I sall re-enter agane the said Roger in presoun quhen I sall be requirit. 1656 in J. A. Clyde Hope's Major Practicks (1938) II. 217 If the persewar wold have challengit, he wold have reentered him cum omni causa; bot by the persewar's fault he is not reentered. 1672 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) I. 229 Upone his trust the said Finlay was sufferit to come out of the tolbuithe..and that he sould be reentirit, yit [etc.]. 5. transitive. Printmaking. To cut (lines) deeper in a plate or woodcut; (also) to engrave (a plate) again. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)] > cut more deeply re-enter1827 1827 G. Cumberland Ess. collecting Anc. Engravers Ital. School 168 In many plates he altered the distances,and re-entered every stroke with a sharp graver. 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art (at cited word) [The] line is re-entred with a sharp graver, and cut to the proper depth. 1979 B. Moser Wood Engraving 19 The narrowest tool cuts the length and configuration of the line which is re-entered repeatedly at staggered intervals. 1992 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Mar. 42/1 This was almost certainly one of the unhardened plates and..it had been re-entered throughout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574v.1439
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