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Definition of "reexamine" [re•ëx•am•ine]

  • To examine again or anew; review. (verb-transitive)
  • Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reexamine" in a sentence
  • "If an order to reexamine is to be issued, the decision is prepared and signed by the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patent Policy and Projects, and the patent file is forwarded to the Reexamination Preprocessing staff for preparation of the reexamination file and Official Gazette notice."
  • "On Friday, Mr. Harder said that after the Games, the FIL would "reexamine" information gathered about the accident and determine how to best move forward."
  • "You would think at this point they would stop giving him huge movies and give him time to "reexamine" himself as you put it."