reslayv.
/ˌriːˈsleɪ/, U.S. /riˈsleɪ/ transitive. To slay again.
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1791 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 49 I am not at all tempted..to..re-slay the already slain.
1839 Standard 24 Aug. Lord B—— re-slew the slain in a speech of great brilliancy and sarcasm.
1862 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 512/2 I used always to kill a patriarchal grouse-cock, to have him revivified and re-slain at our next visit.
1937 Stud. in Philol. 34 130 He slays Maleger and re-slays him as quickly as Earth, his mother, gives him back his life.
1992 New York 23 Nov. 84 The revival of Anyone Can Whistle,..which Opening Doors Productions has not so much revived as reslain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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