单词 | re-present |
释义 | re-presentv.2 1. transitive. To present for a second or further time. Also: to give back. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)] yieldc897 agiveOE again-setOE restorec1325 acquitc1330 to pay outa1382 refundc1386 to give againa1400 quita1400 restituec1400 reliver1426 surrend1450 redeliver1490 refer1496 render1513 rebail1539 re-present1564 regive1575 to give backa1586 to turn back1587 relate1590 turn1597 returna1632 to hand back1638 redonate1656 reappropriate1659 re-cede1684 revert1688 replace1776 restitute1885 to kick back1926 the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > present > again re-present1564 1564 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Moral Philos. (new ed.) To Rdr. We are..encouraged, wythout feare, bodelye to represent and returne vnto him such liuely fruites of his grace. 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iii. 249 I afresh represented her with my love. 1694 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. Search after Truth i. 118 They imagine that Idea's cease to exist, when out of the view of the Mind; and that they begin to exist again, when re-presented to it. 1810 Naval Chron. 24 451 He was first instituted in 1793, and represented in 1799. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic i. 23 The classification of the objects presented and re-presented by the subsidiary powers. 1880 Athenæum 24 July 115/2 The Academy of Sciences..decided to re-present him with the books. 1922 G. Showerman Horace & his Infl. i. 5 We shall re-present to the imagination his personal appearance. 1973 Gramophone Jan. 1304/1 Historical recordings are more strikingly re-presented on a CBS record. 2000 J. R. Martin & D. Rose Working with Disc. v. 162 Such a table lets us survey the role in the development of the story by different characters, as they are presented and re-presented in each phase in turn. 2. transitive. spec. To present (a cheque, bill, etc.) again, after non-payment on first presentation. Also intransitive. Cf. present v. 17. ΚΠ 1780 J. Jay Let. 18 Aug. in J. Sparks Diplomatic Corr. Amer. Revol. (1830) VII. 341 Other bills besides Messrs Joyce are then to be re-presented. 1850 Banker's Mag. May 333 It seems very strange that the holder should re-present the bill and deliver it up without receiving any expenses. 1871 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. 5/2 Jones & Co. assigned their claim to Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, who re-presented the claim, and, payment being refused, commenced suit..for the money. 1907 Times 6 Mar. 4/2 Penny's cheque had been returned to be re-presented, and..when it was re-presented it came back with ‘R—D’ upon it. 1949 Manch. Guardian 8 Dec. 2/7 [The cheque] came back marked ‘Payment countermanded by drawer by telephone, but please re-present’. 2008 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 29 Nov. (Sports section) 88 The Knights were asked to re-present the cheques and both were accepted and able to be banked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.21564 |
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