to re-address

5.0

Put a new delivery label on an envelope or package so it goes to a different place

verb
/ˌriːəˈdrɛs/

: reexpedir

She carefully re-addressed the package so it would reach its correct destination.

Examples

The post office will re-address your mail if you submit a change of address form.
After moving to a new apartment, he had to re-address all the invitations he had sent.
Please re-address the package before sending it.
She re-addressed the letter to the new office.
After moving, she needed to re-address the envelopes to ensure they reached her new home.
He went to the post office to re-address the parcel for forwarding to his new address.
Before mailing the letters, she made sure to re-address each one for the correct recipient.

Synonyms

to address

vsto re-address

87 1.0

To write the name and place where a letter or package should be sent

adds a new location to forward the item to a different place

Surface Forms

re-address infinitive

re-addressed past

re-addressed past participle

re-addressing present participle

re-addresses third person singular

Morphology

re-address = address (transparent) = re + address

This is standard prefixation of 're-' onto the verb 'address', giving the clear meaning of addressing something again or with a new address.

Etymology

Re-address is built from re- meaning 'again' and address meaning 'the place or direction where mail should go'. So re-address literally means 'address again' — to write a new or different address on an envelope or package so it goes to the right place.