reimpose

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verb

To impose again, a further time.

OriginEnglish impose ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreimpose (third-person singular simple present reimposes, present participle reimposing, simple past and past participle reimposed)

present singular third person reimposes · participle present reimposing · participle past reimposed · past reimposed

  1. transitiveTo impose again, a further time.
    1 more example

    COVID-19 cases are on the rise, but many Americans are over thinking of the virus as a crisis. Even in blue cities, restaurants are packed with people, and many Americans don’t wear masks even on the subway or on airplanes. Amid this national attitude, it may be extremely difficult for local or national leaders to try to reimpose any COVID-19 restrictions.

    2022 May 21, Peter Sullivan, “As cases rise, Americans are ‘checked out’ on COVID-19”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 22 May 2022

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishimpose
  7. Englishreimpose

From re- + impose.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

promiseeperisome
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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