reknitv.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius iii. f. 340^v You do so entangle all your discourse w^t I know not what..knittyng and reknittyng one thyng vpon an other, that ye neither agree with your selfe, nor any man els can perfitly determine what your meanyng is.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 22 What frantick fury art thou moou'd with-all, To now re-knit my broken thred of life?

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xii. Proem Canac the Falcon and Tercelets love reknettes.

1793 S. Gunning Mem. Mary V. 220 Honour of Justice patience did invoke, And thus re-knit the charge her grief had broke.

1827 Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1825 18 xi. 196/1 The glorious expedition of 1823 had for its object, to reestablish the Spanish throne, and to re-knit the ties which bound the two countries together.

1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. iv. 63 The old bonds are all re-knit.

1905 Daily Chron. 24 June 5/2 These [yarns] are then..re-knitted by machinery into underwear.

1966 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 18 Sept. ii. 3/4 When you ravel the yarn to reknit the ribbing..you will find that it is quite kinky.

1991 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. iv. 2/2 The Democrats have yet to find a way on the national level to reknit the biracial coalition that enables them to win many statewide races in the South.

1998 A. Forna Mother of All Myths (1999) viii. 248 There is growing evidence that more people now want to reknit old ties and create relationships which rely on commitment.