re infecta

adverb

With the matter unfinished or incomplete.

OriginLatin rē →
First used 16th c.
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Meanings

adverbre infecta (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith the matter unfinished or incomplete.First known use 16th c.

    Having hasten'd to the Bankers lo! to my confusion I am come from thence Re infectâ.

    1811, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, letter, June
    1 more example

    Had Caesar been such a fool, he had never passed the Rubicon. But, after he had passed it, had he retreated, re infecta, intimidated by a senatorial edict, what a pretty figure would he have made in history!

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXXVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinrē
  2. Englishre infecta

From Latin rē, ablative singular of rēs (“matter, affair”) + infectā, ablative singular feminine of infectus (“incomplete”).

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APA

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Chicago

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