resightv.
/ˌriːˈsʌɪt/, U.S. /riˈsaɪt/ 1. transitive. To see or catch sight of again. Cf. sight v.1 2a.
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1857 Morning Chron. 26 Dec. 5/3 Ships should be properly fitted, not for the purpose of paying such cables [sc. telegraph cables] out only, but also for resighting and replacing them when necessary.
1889 E. Giles Austral. Twice Traversed II. v. ii. 283 Here we re-sighted the high-peaked mount first seen from Mount Gould.
1936 Science 21 Feb. 6/2 A tiny wanderer of the sky, which might be considered either a comet or a minor planet, has been resighted by telescopes.
1995 T. J. Dawson Kangaroos iv. 50 Three..were females which were subsequently resighted.
2.
a. transitive. To sight in (a firearm) for a second or subsequent time. Cf. sight v.1 3b.
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1860 Manch. Guardian 1 Oct. 3/3 He had carefully re-sighted his rifle somewhere in the neighbourhood of Southport.
1917 M. A. Ward Towards Goal iii. 53 150,000 rifles were left in the country, and many of them required to be resighted.
1955 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 30 Nov. 29/4 Always resight your rifle by shooting when you change bullet weights.
2006 T. Wieland Dangerous-game Rifles 304 To be on the safe side, however, always pack enough ammunition that you can..resight the rifle.
b. transitive. To aim (a firearm, artillery piece, etc.) at a target again. Also intransitive. Cf. sight v.1 2c.
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1864 Amer. Ann. Cycl. 1861 292/2 It may be made to revolve, in order to aim the mortar in any direction, or to re-sight it if the vessel shifts its position.
1901 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 76/1 The ordinary field-piece has to be re-sighted after every shot owing to the recoil.
1920 Forest & Stream Oct. 552/1 Shoot whether you see the bird clearly or not. Don't think of following or re-sighting your gun.
1993 H. J. Maihafer From Hudson to Yalu vii. 106 The gun was brought into position, sighted carefully, and fired... The crew resighted and fired again.
Derivatives
ˌreˈsighting n.
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1867 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Mar. 3/5 Preventing for considerable intervals the resighting of the gun.
1965 Wilson Bull. 77 331 Although Peregrines were observed 52 times, 8 of these were clearly resightings.
2002 C. M. Gubbins Dolphins of Hilton Head 29 If a new fin photo matches one in the catalog, this is a resighting of a known dolphin.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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