re-examiˈnation
[re- 5 a.]
A second or further examination.
| 1604 Bacon Apol. Wks. 1879 I. 440 Afterwards upon a re⁓examination of some that charged him,..I went instantly to the queen. 1611 Cotgr., Revision, a reuision, reuise, reuiew, reexamination. 1642 in Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §290 Or if, upon their re-examination, they did not find particular evidence [etc.]. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. To Rdr., By a critical Re-examination, I find..they are not so true as mine. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1768) IV. xxxv. 215 And if, upon a re-examination of my own heart, I find [etc.]. 1814 Scott Wav. xlix, I found that..from a re-examination of the persons engaged in the mutiny..he was much softened towards you. 1869 M. Pattison Serm. (1885) 181 A re-examination of the received principles of natural religion. |