Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To obtain again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To obtain again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
obtain again.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was just trying to reobtain items, O.J., that were stolen from him, and things got a little crazy.
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Then he appealed with persuasive eloquence to Nueva Granada for help, arguing that it was indispensable for Nueva Granada to reobtain the freedom of Caracas, pointing out that as Coro, as an enemy, had been enough to destroy the whole of Venezuela, so Venezuela as a center of Spanish power would suffice to recover Nueva Granada for the Spanish crown.
Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Guillermo A. Sherwell
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Then he appealed with persuasive eloquence to Nueva Granada for help, arguing that it was indispensable for Nueva Granada to reobtain the freedom of Caracas, pointing out that as Coro, as an enemy, had been enough to destroy the whole of Venezuela, so Venezuela as a center of Spanish power would suffice to recover Nueva Granada for the Spanish crown.
Simon Bolivar the Liberator Sherwell, Guillermo A 1921
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In 1892 I had to recover the land from the trustees, reorganize the church, and reobtain its charter -- not, however, through the State Commissioner, who refused to grant it, but by means of a statute of the State, and through
Pulpit and Press Mary Baker Eddy 1865
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Should Dish Network reobtain its distant-signal license, the company would consider airing Denver channels to residents in Southwest Colorado, Bauer said.
Durangoherald.com 2010
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