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1832 J. Constable Let. 28 Feb. (1966) IV. 368 It is necessary..to reground a plate.

1883 Cent. Mag. Feb. 483/2 Another process..consists in drawing at first upon the plate only such lines as are intended to be darkest, biting these, cleaning and re-grounding the plate,..and so proceeding until the plate is finished.

1914 E. H. Reed Etching iii. 92 You will occasionally be able to enhance the effect of deep shadows by regrounding the plate, being careful that all the lines are filled.

1921 E. R. Pennell & J. Pennell Whistler Jrnl. vii. 80 The prints..were in many places weak... Whistler was afraid to re-ground them.

1937 Discovery Mar. 76/2 To add to the plate he cleans it thoroughly, regrounds it, draws the new work and continues as before.

1961 Stud. Conservation 6 140/2 Re-grounding paint films. The application of a new gesso in layers is described.

2001 J. Stobart Printmaking for Beginners (2002) iv. 53 (caption) The plate was re-grounded, re-drawn and re-bitten many times over, resulting in a dense and complex linear image.

1874 J. Bascom Philos. Eng. Lit. xi. 286 The necessity laid on the pulpit for grounding and regrounding its strength in broad, rational and suggestive truth.

1889 Proc. 27th Ann. Convocation (Univ. State N.Y.) 252 Hundreds can testify who have either been..brought back when erring or regrounded on the old truths when unsettled by the various forms of unbelief.

1947 Phylon 8 274 Cassirer has..re-grounded his philosophy in new anthropological knowledge.

1988 Calif. Law Rev. 76 1106 The Supreme Court should eliminate the causation requirements from the standing inquiry, thereby regrounding standing analysis in the underlying substantive law.

1998 J. D. Hazlett My Generation ii. 31 The epilogue regrounds the generational narrative in Cowley's own experience.

1966 Negro Digest July 42 You feel you've got to feel the ground under your feet and try to start growing roots, as it were, to reach toward something which will nourish what one is keeping in the head. And perhaps this is an indication of that desire, to try and reground one's self.

1984 J. D. Douglas in J. A. Kotarba & A. Fontana Existential Self in Society (1987) iii. 82 Failures and losses..often lead individuals to reground themselves by looking homeward and returning home.

2000 B. Scott Consulting on Inside 231 I reground myself, not only when a stressful event threatens my balance, but also any time I need clarity and focus.

2008 Fire Chief (Atlanta) Dec. 62 The sessions reground me as to what we have..compared to others who are less fortunate.