rekillv.
/ˌriːˈkɪl/, U.S. /riˈkɪl/ transitive. To kill (a person or thing) again; to deal a death blow to again. Chiefly in extended use.
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1654 T. Fuller Comment on Ruth 182 in 2 Serm. Re-killing him with their Torments, fetch him againe with comfortable things.
1725 A. D'Anvers Funeral 4 This Hero, living, read that Bard's Campaign, And reading, fought his Battles o'er again, Reforc'd the Lines! retook strong Cities! and rekill'd the Slain.
1843 F. Bellew Mem. Griffin II. 46 I had to recount the adventures of the last six weeks, to fight over again the battle of Junglesoor, and to rekill all the hogs.
1886 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 31 Mar. 1/4 Information was received here last night that a party of Larodo strikers are en route to Waco to rekill engine No. 12.
1932 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 3 May 6/3 Supreme court upheld George Otis Smith's right to be chairman of power commission after senate sought to rekill his nomination after he had taken oath.
1988 M. Bishop Unicorn Mountain (1989) x. 119 I never wanted to rekill my wife.
2000 D. A. Miller Epic Hero (2002) iii. 162 Grettir fights and rekills Kar the Old in his grave mound.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1654- to climb up the wall
- to climb, hop, jump, etc, on the bandwagon
- to clinch a nail
- to cling on by one's fingernails
- to cling on by one's fingertips
- to cling on to something by one's fingernails
- to cling on to something by one's fingertips
- to clink it
- to clip it
- to clip the wings of
- to clock in
- to clock off
- to clock on
- to clock out
- to clock up
- to close a bargain
- to close a gap
- to close about
- to close about, on, round, upon
- to close an account
- to close an eye
- to close down
- to close in
- to close off
- to close one's days