▪ I. † reˈgrade, v.1 Obs.—1
[ad. L. regradāre, f. re- re- + gradus grade.]
trans. To degrade.
| 1605 G. Saltern Anc. Laws I j b, Elutherius..ordained that none should be regraded before he were condemned. |
▪ II. regrade, v.2 rare.
(rɪˈgreɪd)
[f. L. re- re- + gradī to go. The correct L. comb. is regredī: see regrede v.]
intr. To retire, recede, fall back.
| 1811 Hales New Anal. Chronol. II. 897 They saw the darkness commence at the eastern limb of the sun, and proceed to the western, till the whole was eclipsed; and then regrade backwards from the western to the eastern, till his light was fully restored. |
▪ III. reˈgrade, v.3
(riː-)
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To grade again, in senses of the vb. Also absol.
| 1826 A. Macomb Let. 18 Nov. in Reg. Deb. Congr. U.S. (1829) III. 1572 The road..is to be regraded. 1869 Rep. Comm. Agric. 1868 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 362 They may be readily and rapidly leveled in the construction of a new road, or regraded when displaced by wear. 1884 Century Mag. Mar. 649/2 The city was torn up from one end to the other, and regraded. 1886–7 Proc. Amer. Instruct. Deaf 141 You may start out..with a class well graded, and before you have been at work three months you will find that you ought to regrade. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 26 Jan. 70/2 The pigs are..regraded by the Association's own system of selective grading. 1977 Times 18 Mar. 4/5 Unless the corporation offers to regrade the cameramen there is little chance that their union..will allow the programme to go ahead. |
Hence reˈgraded ppl. a., reˈgrading vbl. n.
| 1920 Glasgow Herald 1 Sept. 6 They have agreed to a conference to consider regrading. 1923 Ibid. 28 Mar. 10 Heavy extraordinary expenditure has to be budgeted for, including three-quarters of a million for arrears of regraded salaries. 1956 D. L. Linton Sheffield 41 The regrading consequent on these changes would favour the Froggart stream. 1962 A. Battersby Guide to Stock Control 105 Transferring from one stock to another, e.g. re-grading. |