resurvey

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verb

To survey again; to perform another survey on.

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

verbresurvey (third-person singular simple present resurveys, present participle resurveying, simple past and past participle resurveyed)

present singular third person resurveys · participle present resurveying · participle past resurveyed · past resurveyed

  1. To survey again; to perform another survey on.

    with better heed / To re-survey them,

    1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], line 81
nounresurvey (plural resurveys)

plural resurveys

  1. A second or renewed survey.

Origin

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

From re- + survey.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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