re-serve

[ree-surv]

verb (used with or without object)

re-served, re-serving 

1. to serve again.

re-serve

/ riːˈsɜːv /

verb

1. (tr) to serve again

Word History and Origins

Origin of re-serve¹

First recorded in 1865–70; re- + serve

Example Sentences

Mr. Arthur said if a case is dismissed for lack of an NTA, Homeland Security needs to re-serve the migrant with new paperwork with a new court date.

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In his partially tongue-in-cheek investigative video, Dawson – who boasts more than 20 million subscribers on YouTube – explored online rumors that employees of Chuck E. Cheese would allegedly collect uneaten pizza slices from the dining area, and once inside the kitchen, fit those pieces back together and re-serve them as part of a new pizza.

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Other examples include re-creation, re-petition, repress, re-sent, re-serve, re-sign, re-sort, re-treat.

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So they preemptively sent a letter to the defendants—an extraordinarily confusing and vaguely menacing notice that did not explain the defendants’ rights and instead implied that they might be re-prosecuted and forced to re-serve their sentences.

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Even then, it will remain embedded in web pages' DNA, where search engines will slurp it up and re-serve it to anyone who happens to do the appropriate search.

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