Definition of Re-examine

1. Verb. Question after cross-examination by opposing counsel. "Re-examine one's witness"

Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Examine, Probe

Definition of Re-examine

1. Verb. To examine again. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Re-examine

re-entre
re-entred
re-entres
re-entring
re-entry
re-equip
re-escalation
re-establishment
re-evaluate
re-evaluated
re-evaluates
re-evaluating
re-evaluation
re-examination
re-examinations
re-examine (current term)
re-examined
re-examines
re-examining
re-experiencing
re-explain
re-explained
re-explaining
re-explains
re-explore
re-express
re-expressed
re-expresses
re-expressing
re-extend

Literary usage of Re-examine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1821)
"... be directed to instruct the counsel against the bill, that if at any time they should be desirous to re-examine a witness already cross-examined, ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"... and it is the general rule that another court cannot, by means of the writ of habeas corpus, look beyond the judgment and re-examine the charges and ..."

3. The Antiquary (1880)
"... and that it is now possible for a scholar to ' ' re-examine his opinions, and discover reasons for doubting if he cannot find facts to authenticate. ..."

4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"... and open it, And for their private satisfaction, To re-examine the transaction, And after explicate the rest, AB they should find cause for the belt. ..."

5. The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture: A Critical, Historical, and Dogmatic by George Trumbull Ladd (1883)
"... answers to such questions as the following: How far, and with what purpose, may we perpetually re-examine the facts and doctrines of this religion? ..."

6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"... and upon suppressing a deposition on account of a defective certificate, leave may be given to issue a new commission and re-examine the witness.1 12. ..."

7. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1848)
"And shall we not honour the man, re-examine his writings, and invite the reader to take a pleasing ramble into his wilderness of fact and fancy ? ..."

8. The Sun: Ruler, Fire, Light, and Life of the Planetary System by Richard Anthony Proctor (1871)
"Thus astronomers were led to re-examine the observations of the transit of 1769 in order to see whether they could be so interpreted as to ..."

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