Redeliver

//ˌɹiːdɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give back; to return (something).

    "his father had then eigh[t] of our English men, many swords, peeces, and other tooles, which he had at seuerall times by trecherons murdering our men, taken from them, which though of no use to him, he would not redeliuer [...]."

  2. 2
    To deliver (a letter, parcel, etc.) again.
  3. 3
    To deliver or liberate again.
  4. 4
    To report; to deliver the answer of. obsolete

    "Shall I redeliver you e'en so?"

Example

More examples

"his father had then eigh[t] of our English men, many swords, peeces, and other tooles, which he had at seuerall times by trecherons murdering our men, taken from them, which though of no use to him, he would not redeliuer [...]."

Etymology

From re- + deliver.

Related phrases

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