readdress

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verb

To address, direct, or deal with again.

“Her latest paper readdresses some old problems in philosophy.”

OriginEnglish address ← Middle English adressen ← Old French adrecier →
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Meanings

verbreaddress (third-person singular simple present readdresses, present participle readdressing, simple past and past participle readdressed)

present singular third person readdresses · participle present readdressing · participle past readdressed · past readdressed

  1. transitiveTo address, direct, or deal with again.

    Her latest paper readdresses some old problems in philosophy.

    1 more example

    “Evenin', Commander,” Clarke said with mock cheerfulness. “How's it goin'?” Gadsby ignored this overture, turned away, and readdressed himself to his drink.

    1953, Uell Stanley Andersen, The Smoldering Sea, page 161
  2. transitiveTo change the address of.

    John doesn't live there any more. You'd better readdress that parcel.

    1 more example

    We can use this relocator code ourselves to readdress the DOS to the memory level that we want.

    1987, Nibble, volume 8, numbers 1-6, page 160

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Old Frencha-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  12. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  14. Proto-Italic*dis-
  15. Latindīs-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  18. Proto-Italic*rektos
  19. Latinrēctus
  20. Latindīrēctus
  21. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  22. Old Frenchdrecier
  23. Old Frenchadrecier
  24. Middle Englishadressen
  25. Englishaddress
  26. Englishreaddress

From re- + address.

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Translations

Polish przeadresowywać, przeadresować
  • przeadresowywaćto change the address of
  • przeadresowaćto change the address of

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

addresser
Cite this entry
APA

readdress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readdress

MLA

“readdress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readdress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “readdress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readdress.

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