reconˈtest, v.
[re- 5 a; cf. F. recontester (Cotgr.).]
trans. To contest again.
| 1611 Cotgrave Dict., Recontester, to recontest; make new protestation of, or complaint vnto. 1897 W. J. Locke Derelicts xviii. 239 The old man vaunting the ancients and Joyce defending the moderns, until a veritable Battle of the Books was recontested. 1922 Glasgow Herald 11 Nov. 9 Both are recontesting the seats they have occupied in Parliament. |