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单词 reconvoke
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reconvokev.

Brit. /ˌriːkənˈvəʊk/, U.S. /ˌrikənˈvoʊk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, convoke v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + convoke v. Compare French †reconvoquer (1611 in Cotgrave).
transitive. To convoke (esp. a legislative assembly) again.
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1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania Contents The new Assembly, after a session of four days, suffered to adjourn themselves without proceeding to Business, for want of having the Intelligence then in the Governor's Hands in due form imparted to them. Being reconvoked, the Governor informs them.
1793 J. Pollock Lett. to Inhabitants Newry 32 That a power be vested in a Committee, consisting of thirty persons, for the purpose of re-convoking this assembly.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. viii. 380 To reconvoke his Assembly Members by sound of drum.
1872 Echo 23 Aug. 5 The French Cardinals have requested his Holiness to re~convoke the Council to some French city.
1919 Polit. Sci. Q. 34 120 Kolchak agreed to hold elections for a constituent assembly as soon as he should reach Moscow, or..to reconvoke the former constituent assembly.
1968 Punch 27 Nov. 784/2 Shall the Convention be reconvoked,..or can the National Committee be persuaded to exercise its powers under the rules and choose the leading right-winger?
1990 T. E. Anna Mexican Empire of Iturbide vii. 201 They disagreed as to whether they preferred to call a new election for a new Congress or to reconvoke..the dissolved Congress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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