单词 | recontest |
释义 | recontestv. transitive. To contest again. Also intransitive.Now esp. with reference to a seat in an election.rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] quarrelc1391 reclaimc1425 to make courtesy (at)1542 protest1550 recontest1611 objurgate1642 obtest1650 remonstrant1654 remonstrate1655 represent1717 protest1870 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > again recontest1897 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > compete for > again recontest1922 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Recontester, to recontest; make new protestation of, or complaint vnto. 1866 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 June Then the twelve that had carried it but once in three, recontested for the two outstanding honors. 1869 N.Y. Herald 29 May 7/3 The numerous petitioners recontesting the validity of the title of Mrs McRea Clark-Gaines to the properties in this city and state held by the petitioners, and claimed by Mrs Gaines. 1897 W. J. Locke Derelicts xviii. 239 The old man vaunting the ancients and Joyce defending the moderns, until a veritable Battle of the Books was recontested. 1922 Glasgow Herald 11 Nov. 9 Both are recontesting the seats they have occupied in Parliament. 1968 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 62 1183 Bindeshwari Prasad would have had to resign his parliamentary seat, which would then have had to be recontested by the SSP in a bye-election. 1994 K. Dunn Pretexts of Authority ii. vi. 133 Shapin and Schaffer recontest the grounds on which that declaration was made. 2007 Independent 30 Sept. 46 To pilot Mr Davies into a safe Labour haven before he has to recontest his present seat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611 |
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