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单词 re-win
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re-winv.

Brit. /ˌriːˈwɪn/, U.S. /riˈwɪn/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle re-won;
Forms: see re- prefix and win v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, win v.1
Etymology: < re- prefix + win v.1
transitive. To win back or again; to recover.
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the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back
retake1567
regain1592
re-win1606
repeat1909
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 12 Either of which, a hundred times a minute Doth lose a Souldiar, and as oft re-win-it.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 839/2 Your Father, noble King, rewanne it to his Crown.
1766 C. Jemmat Misc. 6 When Braddock fail'd, America was gone, George said, ‘Let Johnson fight,’ and 'twas re-won.
1814 Apostate ii. iv, in New Brit. Theatre III. 319 I am not worthy of fair Mora's love, Reclaim her yet, re-win her for thyself.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 2/3 Desert your comrades in their great battle to re-win the lands of their fathers.
1928 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 1 343 The German government, anxious to rewin her friendship, urged the bankers to come to terms with Turkey.
1942 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 3 Mar. in War within & Without (1980) 250 The British have again lost all they rewon in Libya. And now the Dutch East Indies are beginning to go.
1968 W. A. Hachten Supreme Court on Freedom of Press 307 The press has re-won battles against its ancient enemies.
2004 Gender & Society 18 743 They were distressed that their husbands desired men because they perceived they had no way to rewin their husbands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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