restand

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ stand.

Verb

restand (third-person singular simple present restands, present participle restanding, simple past and past participle restood)

  1. (intransitive, politics) To stand again (for office).
    • 2003, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, page 21298:
      On 10 August 1977 he announced he would not restand for Lalor at the forthcoming election. He was replaced by my predecessor, Barry Jones.

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