reprint

[verb ree-print; noun ree-print]

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verb (used with object)

to print again; print a new impression of.

noun

a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
an offprint.
a new impression, without alteration, of a book or other printed work.
Philately. an impression from the original plate after the issuance of a stamp has ceased and its use for postage has been voided.

Origin of reprint

First recorded in 1545–55; re- + print

Related formsre·print·er, nounmis·re·print, verb (used with object)un·re·print·ed, adjective

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Related Words for reprint

translation, manuscript, transcription, essay, album, novel, publication, dictionary, pamphlet, text, work, manual, textbook, fiction, volume, edition, magazine, booklet, brochure, writing

Examples from the Web for reprint

Contemporary Examples of reprint

Joe was gracious enough to give his permission to let us reprint it here.
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Joe Morgenstern
August 16, 2014
By Christmas it was on its seventh reprint and had sold more than 150,000 copies.
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The Telegraph
March 30, 2014
The Prince By R.M. Koster A reprint of a 1972 classic in which a fictional Latin American nation boils in violence.
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Nicholas Mancusi
March 25, 2013
The Royalist would like to thank Powells for permission to reprint this piece.
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Tom Sykes
October 16, 2012
She is reviewing a posthumous book by Tony Tanner, a reprint of the prefaces he wrote for The Everyman Shakespeare in the 1990s.
The Best of Brit Lit
Peter Stothard
May 15, 2011

Historical Examples of reprint

Would it not be a good idea to publish a reprint at least once a year?
Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930
Various
A reprint of the passages in Holinshed's Chronicles which Shakespeare used.
The Facts About Shakespeare
William Allan Nielson
That the reprint must be wholly manufactured in the United States.
International Copyright
George Haven Putnam
Perhaps, strictly speaking, I should say a reprint, and not an edition.
The Biglow Papers
James Russell Lowell
This edition is a reprint of the first in response to a continuous demand for the book.
Researches on Cellulose
C. F. Cross

British Dictionary definitions for reprint

reprint

noun (ˈriːˌprɪnt)

a reproduction in print of any matter already published; offprint
a reissue of a printed work using the same type, plates, etc, as the original

verb (riːˈprɪnt)

(tr) to print again

Derived Formsreprinter, noun

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Word Origin and History for reprint

1550s, from re- "back, again" + print (v.). Related: Reprinted; reprinting.

1610s, from reprint (v.).