recanvass

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verb

To canvass again or anew.

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Meanings

verbrecanvass (third-person singular simple present recanvasses, present participle recanvassing, simple past and past participle recanvassed)

present singular third person recanvasses · participle present recanvassing · participle past recanvassed · past recanvassed

  1. transitiveTo canvass again or anew.
nounrecanvass (plural recanvasses)

plural recanvasses

  1. A second or subsequent canvassing.

    Each man had exactly 77,225 votes as of Friday at 1:45 p.m., with a recanvass of voting machines completed in 5 of the district’s 10 counties, elections officials said.

    2009 April 4, David M. Halbfinger, “Amid Signs of a Shove, Tedisco Quits as Assembly Minority Leader”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + canvass.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

recanvass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recanvass

MLA

“recanvass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recanvass. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recanvass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recanvass.

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