reissue

[ree-ish-oo or, esp. British, -is-yoo]

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noun

something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
an official reprinting of a postage stamp after the original printing has been stopped.

verb (used with object), re·is·sued, re·is·su·ing.

to issue again.

verb (used without object), re·is·sued, re·is·su·ing.

to come forth or flow out again.

Origin of reissue

First recorded in 1610–20; re- + issue

Related formsre·is·su·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for reissued

Contemporary Examples

The book was reprinted in 1988 with an updated foreward by Manchester, and this fall that edition was reissued in paperback.
The Essential JFK Books
Allen Barra
November 21, 2013
Speedboat and Pitch Dark have recently been reissued in handsome editions by the New York Review of Books.
Renata Adler, Poet of a Chaotic Generation
Jen Vafidis
March 21, 2013

Historical Examples

Possibly I was reissued without him; I am not sure what the process was.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916
Various
They will be forwarded and reissued at the first opportunity.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2
Ian Hamilton
The Longfellow of 1855 was reissued with the addition of Hiawatha in 1856.
English Illustration 'The Sixties': 1855-70
Gleeson White
Some of these—models of their kind—have been reissued in the Collected Essays.
Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley
Edward Clodd
Anyhow, don't you think it's about time you went in on a customs payment and got reissued?
The Trimmed Lamp
O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for reissued

reissue

verb (tr)

to issue (a recording, book, etc) again

noun

something, esp a recording or book, which has been issued again

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Word Origin and History for reissued

reissue

v.

1610s, from re- "back, again" + issue (v.). Related: Reissued; reissuing. The noun is attested from 1805.

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Examples from the Web for reissued

Contemporary Examples

The book was reprinted in 1988 with an updated foreward by Manchester, and this fall that edition was reissued in paperback.

Speedboat and Pitch Dark have recently been reissued in handsome editions by the New York Review of Books.

Historical Examples

Possibly I was reissued without him; I am not sure what the process was.

They will be forwarded and reissued at the first opportunity.

The Longfellow of 1855 was reissued with the addition of Hiawatha in 1856.

Some of these—models of their kind—have been reissued in the Collected Essays.

Anyhow, don't you think it's about time you went in on a customs payment and got reissued?

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Word Origin and History for reissued

reissue

v.

Origin of reissue