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Definition of Resift
1. Verb. Sift anew.
Definition of Resift
1. Verb. (transitive) To sift again. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resift
1. sift [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resift
Literary usage of Resift
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Christian Days and Thoughts by Ephraim Peabody (1858)
"Who is he that can resift such an appeal ? Muft it not touch his soul ? Though he
has repelled warning and reproof, flighted conscience, interest, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... resift, Against her filthy lust she doth contend. And whither go 1, what um
l about? And God forbid, yet doth it in lire end. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... and resift it, perhaps for some three weeks longer. So many bells, storm-bells
and noises do ring; — scarcely audible; one drowning the other. ..."
4. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1867)
"... Debate is not finished, nor the Report accepted; but Brissot, Isnard and the
Mountain will sift it, and resift it, perhaps for some three weeks longer. ..."
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