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English
Etymology
From re- + subject.
Pronunciation
Verb
resubject (third-person singular simple present resubjects, present participle resubjecting, simple past and past participle resubjected)
- (transitive) To subject again.
1838, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4:Is it, that Congress shall resubject to their control those thousands of deeply wronged men?
1851, Horace Greeley, Glances at Europe:All this time France was substantially as tranquil as England herself, and decidedly more prosperous, though annoyed and impeded by the incessant plottings of traitors in her councils and other exalted stations to resubject her to kingly sway.
2008 July 13, Jay Romano, “Can a Landlord Remove a Tenant’s Door Lock?”, in New York Times:“And if the apartment has been deregulated, using a rent-stabilized lease form, or charging less than $2,000 a month, doesn’t resubject the apartment to regulation.”
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