reexamine

or re-ex·am·ine

[ ree-ig-zam-in ]

/ ˌri ɪgˈzæm ɪn /

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verb (used with object), re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing.

to examine again.

Law. to examine (a witness) again after having questioned him or her previously.

Words nearby reexamine

reentry, reentry vehicle, reest, reeve, reexam, reexamine, reexport, ref, ref., ref. ch., ref. pres.

Origin of reexamine

First recorded in 1585–95; re- + examine

OTHER WORDS FROM reexamine

re·ex·am·in·a·ble, adjectivere·ex·am·i·na·tion, nounre·ex·am·in·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for re-examine

“The city just needs to re-examine this whole 19th-century burial process,” Hunt, told the New York Times.
America’s Largest Mass Graveyard May Become a Public Park|Nina Strochlic|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The public has generously granted the president more time to re-examine his strategy in Afghanistan.
Outfoxing Obama|Nicolle Wallace|October 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is a retrograde theory which we are asked to re-examine and perhaps accept.
Outspoken Essays|William Ralph Inge
My intention to re-examine this cave and ascertain whither it led had, for a time, been suspended by different considerations.
Edgar Huntley|Charles Brockden Brown

Picking up my signed depositions the Chairman proceeded to re-examine me on my defence.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney
We will re-examine the communications he refers to, and insert such of them as we possibly can.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 108, November 22, 1851|Various
Our counsel did not care to re-examine me; I recognised that it would be useless.
Miss Cayley's Adventures|Grant Allen

British Dictionary definitions for re-examine

re-examine

/ (ˌriːɪɡˈzæmɪn) /

verb (tr)

to examine again

law to examine (one's own witness) again upon matters arising out of his cross-examination

Derived forms of re-examine

re-examinable, adjectivere-examination, nounre-examiner, noun

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