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to reordain

to reordain

9.6
To make a rule or law again by an official decision
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɔːrˈdeɪn/
  • Formal
translation icon : reestablecer
  • The committee decided to reordain the previous rules after reviewing the new evidence.

Examples

  • After the policy was challenged, the board chose to reordain it with minor changes.

  • In response to public demand, the mayor will reordain the curfew for another month.

  • The council decided to reordain the new regulations.

  • They will reordain the rules next month.

  • The committee decided to reordain the previous rules after reviewing the new evidence.

  • In response to public demand, the mayor will reordain the curfew for another month.

  • After the policy was challenged, the board chose to reordain it with minor changes.

Synonyms

to reinstitute
vsto reordain
6 6.1

To start again a rule or practice that stopped

is established again through an official decree rather than by general restart
to reimpose
vsto reordain
5 6.5

To put a rule or law back in place after it was removed

orders or establishes something again with formal authority rather than just imposing
to reenact
vsto reordain
  • Formal
2 6.6

Make a law or rule work again after it stopped

orders legal measures again through official decree rather than just repeating acts
to reinvoke
vsto reordain
  • Formal
8.1

To bring a rule or law back into use

orders or establishes something again by authoritative act rather than merely activating it

Antonyms

to abolish
112 4.1

To officially end a law, system, or practice

Surface Forms

reordain infinitive
reordained past
reordained past participle
reordaining present participle
reordains third person singular

Morphology

reordain = ordain (transparent) = re + ordain

This sense is formed by the productive repetition prefix 're-' attached to the verb 'ordain' in its 'decree' sense.

Etymology

The word reordain combines re- 'again' and ordain 'to order', like the everyday word order. So to reordain a rule or law is to set or declare it again by an official act.