re-sayv.
/(ˌ)riːˈseɪ/, U.S. /riˈseɪ/ transitive. To say again. Formerly also: †to say in reply (obsolete).
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the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]
doublec1380
naitc1400
reportc1405
repeat1427
renewa1464
iterate1533
resume1535
to run over ——1538
redouble1580
to go over ——1583
re-say1583
reclaim1590
ingeminate1594
reword1604
reassume1631
reutter1632
oversay1639
to fetch over1642
reassert1647
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. P2 You saye that one snare maye take two birds, and I resaye, that one garment is not meete for many, neither shall one Castibula fit diuers mens lusts.
1610 G. Marcelline Triumphs King James To France sig. B2v Heresy findeth daily something to re-say, and to confound Paper withall.
1660 Marquis of Dorchester Let. to Ld. Roos 4 I say and resay, You are a base Coward.
1772 A. Young Polit. Ess. conc. Present State Brit. Empire v. §vii. 467 They are contented to resay, in a new manner, what their more spirited ancestors had said before.
1835 W. Ball Vigiliæ v. 180 My mem'ry hoardeth still that too fair time, My tongue cannot resay it.
1894 Cent. Mag. Feb. 483/1 Although much has been said and resaid about his person, as well as about his successive paintings and surroundings, very little has yet been told about his methods of work.
1924 Burlington Mag. Oct. 202/1 The extravagant things, for and against, have all been said and resaid.
1990 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 Sept. 61 Bill came over to our house and we resaid our vows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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