reimˈpose, v.
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. réimposer.]
1. trans. To impose (a burden, tax, etc.) again.
| 1611 Cotgr., Reimposer, to reimpose, to recharge. 1675–6 in J. T. Wheeler Madras (1861) III. 418 Pretending to sell the Kings paddy here customs free..and to re-impose an avaldar. 1812 Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary (1862) I. 123 Russia..scarcely even scrupled to re-impose the Turkish yoke upon her allies, the Servians. 1855 Bright Sp., Russia 7 June (1876) 262 We have commenced a career of reimposing taxes. 1883 Manch. Exam. 26 Nov. 5/2 We ought to..reimpose the sliding-scale duty on corn. |
b. To tax again. rare.
| 1776 Adam Smith W.N. v. ii. I. 463 If they complain and make good their complaints, the whole parish is reimposed next year, in order to reimburse them. |
† 2. To reprint. Obs. rare—1.
| 1686 J. Eliot in Boyle's Wks. (1772) I. Life 213 My humble request..is, that we may again reimpose the Primer and Catechism; for though the last impression be not quite spent, yet quickly they will. |