Meanings
present singular third person redelivers · participle present redelivering · participle past redelivered · past redelivered
- To give back; to return (something).
his father had then eigh[t] of our English men, many swords, peeces, and other tooles, which he had at seuerall times by trecherons murdering our men, taken from them, which though of no use to him, he would not redeliuer [...].
1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond, published 1957, pages 5–6 - To deliver (a letter, parcel, etc.) again.
- obsoleteTo report; to deliver the answer of.
Shall I redeliver you e'en so?
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishdeliver
- Englishredeliver
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redeliver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redeliver
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