rehonourrehonorv.
/ˌriːˈɒnə/, U.S. /riˈɑnər/ rare.
transitive. Originally: †to honour in return (obsolete). Later: to give renewed honour to.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > again or in return
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reconfer1605
1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day ii. sig. Gij All this considered the more that any man doth honour any other then him, so much the more iniquitie it is not to rehonor him agayne.
1635 J. Hayward in tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada sig. a2v The guerdon thou do'st merit's sure, for she Whom thou so honoured'st will rehonour thee.
1758 tr. Voltaire Maid of Orleans II. xviii. 62 It is to you that the little deity, and the queen of Paphos are indebted for the revival of their power, and their neglected altars being rehonoured with burnt incense in the palace of Orleans.
1857 C. Kingsley Hypatia (ed. 6) xx. 295 Those old tragedies might give somewhat too gloomy a notion of those deities whom we wish to re-introduce,—I beg pardon, to re-honor?
1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Oct. 10/2 Smithfield martyrs' memories rehonoured.
1995 E. B. Redbird in K. M. Hazlehurst Pop. Justice & Community Regeneration ii. vii. 134 This is what creates the cycle of violence, and it can be broken by rehonouring Indian women's roles and knowledge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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