单词 | reimprison |
释义 | reimprisonv. transitive. To imprison again. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] > again reimprison1589 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxii. 142 So Warwicke perisht, Henrie so refalne from Kings estate Was reimprison'd, and his Queene did land her aydes too late. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Remprisonner, to reimprison. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox x. 244 If it be your pleasure to re-imprison her in the same Castle. 1759 J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1678–1712 I. 320 The first [letter] anent the two Cesnocks, ordaining them..to be re-imprisoned in the Bass, notwithstanding the remission given to them, which was only for their life. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. i. 296 Till..the Uncontrollable be got, if not reimprisoned, yet harnessed. 1843 New Mirror (N.Y.) 6 Jan. 215/1 The lady's frown softened, and she gave him her whip to hold, while she re-imprisoned a stray ringlet. 1909 Times 15 Nov. 14/3 When one of this class of female criminals has fasted for, say, 48 hours, let her be released, with notice that she will be re-imprisoned after, say, a week's interval. 1957 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 18 216 Slightly more than half of all the violators were reimprisoned for committing a new offense. 2005 Independent on Sunday 6 Feb. 1/4 The panel of judges will be told tomorrow that the man, a wheelchair-bound Algerian known only as G, should be reimprisoned for allegedly breaching his extremely strict bail conditions in November. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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