单词 | re-examine |
释义 | re-examinev. 1. transitive. To examine again or further. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > re-examination > re-examine [verb (transitive)] revisit1525 review1576 re-examine1593 resurvey1609 rehearse1700 reinspect1777 reinvestigate1802 to go back of1824 re-run1859 revet1940 recheck1962 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 29 Spend the time in reexamining more dulie your cause. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa4v As most of the vsages..were deriued from more obscure times, it is the more requisite, they be reexamined . View more context for this quotation 1694 Bp. G. Burnet Four Disc. i. 13 They are still ready to re-examine matters of Fact, when their first Informations are called in question. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist i, in Wks. (1843) IV. 477 A learned and considerate writer, who very lately has re-examined the chronology of that Epistle. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 66 If you turn back and re-examine the Borings. 1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland i. 6 I am not unwilling to re-examine the past. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 513 For a year thereafter she must be re-examined. 1940 H. J. Grossman Grossman's Guide to Wines, Spirits & Beers ix. 109 The master of the bodega now re-examines the wines for further classification. 1990 Brain 113 348 Of the 17 cases chosen, a survey in the field made it possible to reexamine all the living index cases, to determine their current condition. 2. transitive. Law. To formally question or interrogate (a witness or accused person) again; spec. (of a counsel) to examine (a witness) again after cross-examination by the opposing counsel. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > examine judicially > re-examine re-examine1608 1608 W. Hart Exam. George Sprot 46 The said George Sprot being re-examined, in the presence of a number of the Counsell. a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 463 The false Accusers..might be re-examined likewise about their Uncle. 1726 Mr. Rogers tr. Case Seduction against C. N. des Rues 17 This Witness being re-examined, and confronted..without the Judge Royal's Clerk. 1750 Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. 3 Oct. 90/1 When I came to be reexamined before justice Lediard..I then alledged that I had recovered my surprize. 1837 in F. A. Carrington & J. Payne Rep. Cases Nisi Prius VII. 676 The counsel for the prosecution may re-examine the witness. 1959 Times 13 Aug. 7 After he had been cross-examined and re-examined the tribunal took a different view of him as a witness. 2006 Weekly Law Rep. 1 1907 In the light of the judge's comments, counsel for the Crown did not cross-examine further on the matter in the presence of the jury. Counsel for the appellant re-examined the witness on the background facts leading to the caution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1593 |
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