redefendv.

Brit.

/ˌriːdᵻˈfɛnd/, U.S.

/ˌridəˈfɛnd/,

/ˌridiˈfɛnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, defend v.

Etymology: < re- prefix + defend v. Compare Old French redefendre, redeffendre (13th cent.).

transitive. To defend again. Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie ix. f. 75 That there appeareth greater courage and hautines in him that inferreth peril and aduentureth to geeue the onset, then is in him that redefendeth [L. Plus animi esse inferenti periculum, quam propulsanti].

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xvii. 118 He walked about the room; then sitting down, he lamented, defended, accused, and re-defended himself.

1864 Old Guard Aug. 186/1 The hour to re-announce and re-defend great political truths has come.

a1910 W. James Some Probl. Philos. (1911) iii. 43 The cartesian proof, criticised by Saint Thomas, rejected by Kant, redefended by Hegel.

1939 PMLA 54 205 Subjects were attacked, defended, counter-attacked, and redefended until the reader is lost in the maze of contradictions and rejoinders.

2006 Nanaimo (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Oct. a6 Harper allegedly plans a bill to redefend religions from the same-sex state of marital affairs.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	redefend
释义	redefendv. Brit. /ˌriːdᵻˈfɛnd/, U.S. /ˌridəˈfɛnd/, /ˌridiˈfɛnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, defend v. Etymology: < re- prefix + defend v. Compare Old French redefendre, redeffendre (13th cent.). transitive. To defend again. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie ix. f. 75 That there appeareth greater courage and hautines in him that inferreth peril and aduentureth to geeue the onset, then is in him that redefendeth [L. Plus animi esse inferenti periculum, quam propulsanti]. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xvii. 118 He walked about the room; then sitting down, he lamented, defended, accused, and re-defended himself. 1864 Old Guard Aug. 186/1 The hour to re-announce and re-defend great political truths has come. a1910 W. James Some Probl. Philos. (1911) iii. 43 The cartesian proof, criticised by Saint Thomas, rejected by Kant, redefended by Hegel. 1939 PMLA 54 205 Subjects were attacked, defended, counter-attacked, and redefended until the reader is lost in the maze of contradictions and rejoinders. 2006 Nanaimo (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Oct. a6 Harper allegedly plans a bill to redefend religions from the same-sex state of marital affairs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1576
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