readvertisev.
/rɪˈadvətʌɪz/, U.S. /riˈædvərˌtaɪz/ 1. transitive. Originally: †to give notice of (something) again; to notify, inform, or warn (someone) again (obsolete). In later use chiefly: spec. to publicize again (a job vacancy or contract for tender).
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising specific thing > [verb (transitive)] > readvertise job vacancy
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1562 N. Throckmorton Let. 15 Oct. in Full View Public Trans. Reign Q. Elizabeth II. (1741) 111 The contentes of which dispatche I did readvertise unto your Majestie by my dispatche of the ixth of October.
1648 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Late Warres vi. 173 He re-advertised Crats, that he would not faile to send fitting Forces at the appoynted time.
1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. iii. 22 Who not giving me leave to go, our Lord often re-advertised me.
1717 Censor (ed. 2) III. xci. 213 I hold it necessary to re-advertise my Readers that..my Paper..is purposefully wrote in that Strain which the Criticks call, a Stiffness..of Style.
1765 Strictures Comm. & Conf. Rev. Mr. Dodd 60 What will the Reader say, to this false man, who..readvertises his Pamphlet.
1775 W. Renwick Misplaced Confidence I. v. 67 I naturally endeavored to avail myself of the favorable opportunity of re-advertising the volumes.
1838 Times 9 June 7/2 The case had been adjourned for the insolvent to readvertise his description, and to set forth his interest in several places called club-houses.
1890 Times 26 Nov. 13/2 After conferring with the engineer, they determined to readvertise the work.
1921 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 9 Mar. 1/7 (headline) State Highway Department will readvertise nineteen projects.
1971 Engineering Apr. 124/2 Previous candidates for the second post (now re-advertised) will be reconsidered if they so indicate.
1991 Z. Edgell In Times like These xiii. 75 We'll have to re-advertise the position, which will set us back another six months.
2. intransitive. To give public notice of something again. In later use chiefly: spec. to publicize again a job vacancy or contract for tender (frequently with for).
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?1744 S. Richardson Let. in Monthly Mag. (1813) Dec. 419 This, to be sure, is the right time for advertising it afresh, til near the holidays, and then stop, and re-advertise when they are over.
1824 Times 1 July 3/3 Mr. Heath submitted that the insolvent had mis-described himself, and that he must re-advertise.
1893 Evening Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 28 July 7/3 It was decided to readvertise for bids and this means delay in beginning the work.
1930 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 18 Mar. 10/6 The board will readvertise for bids for the boiler as their first advertisement for bids did not include the installation of the boiler.
1996 Rev. Agric. Econ. 18 218/2 Resulting in the department deciding to readvertise for an associate professor.
2004 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 July 26 The ASA ordered the firm to remove the photographs from the advertising and to seek advice before readvertising to ensure the text did not fall foul of its regulations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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