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to reimpose

to reimpose

5 6.5
To put a rule or law back in place after it was removed
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪmˈpoʊz/
translation icon : reimponer
  • The Jordanian monarch was reportedly not anxious to provoke the Palestinians into believing that he intended to reimpose his rule over the West Bank.
  • reimpose military rule

Examples

  • For example, under the sponsorship of Senators Kennedy and Hawkins, the Civil Rights Bill of 1990 currently being argued in Congress would reimpose on employers the burden of proving that they did not discriminate against minorities in hiring.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Yet some see a more sinister design in the Kremlin's foreign policy: to reimpose Russian hegemony over the former Soviet states, and perhaps an even greater portion of Eastern Europe, by means of economic and military pressure.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Junta wants to either reimpose or extend emergency rules.

    Blog text (20)
  • And some of them live not just in DC, but out in LA where they may soon reimpose the indoor mask mandate.

  • The restrictions were lifted briefly in early 1986, but reimposed in June of that same year.

    Academic text (1996)
  • After restarting aid in May 1980, Washington reimposed sanctions the following year.

    Academic text (2014)
  • In February 1867, shortly after proposing the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress reimposed military rule on the southern states and required those states to approve the Amendment as a condition of readmission to the Union.

    Academic text (2000)
  • After the pandemic, the city decided to reimpose certain restrictions to ensure public safety.

  • The government will reimpose the previous tax rates if the economic situation does not improve.

  • Following a rise in cases, officials announced plans to reimpose the travel ban that had been lifted.

Synonyms

to renew
vsto reimpose
175 2.8

Make a card or agreement valid again after it ends

is about bringing authority back to enforce rules rather than only renewing validity
to reinstate
vsto reimpose
110 5.8

To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job

is specifically about putting rules or measures back in force
to reintroduce
vsto reimpose
43 3.9

To bring something back after it was gone or not used

is specifically about applying authority to enforce something again
to reestablish
vsto reimpose
37 4.3

To bring back something that stopped or was lost

focuses on applying authority to set rules or limits back in effect
to reinstitute
vsto reimpose
6 6.1

To start again a rule or practice that stopped

focuses on applying authority to put rules or limits back in place
to reenact
vsto reimpose
  • Formal
2 6.6

Make a law or rule work again after it stopped

is about applying a measure again rather than formally passing a law again
to reregulate
vsto reimpose
1 7.2

Make rules again for an industry after rules were removed

is broader, applying to any measure rather than only formal rules
to reinvoke
vsto reimpose
  • Formal
8.1

To bring a rule or law back into use

is about applying authority to enforce that measure rather than merely citing it

Antonyms

255 4.2

To officially end a rule or restriction

to repeal
  • Formal
143 4.3

To cancel a law or rule so it no longer applies

How Restrictive

to ban
  • Formal
484 1.4
to reimpose
5 6.5
to restrict
361 3.1
to limit
2.1
to permit
531 1.5

Surface Forms

reimpose infinitive
reimposed past
reimposed past participle
reimposing present participle
reimposes third person singular

Morphology

reimpose = impose (transparent) = re + impose

This is a straightforward case of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'impose', yielding the meaning 'impose again'.

Etymology

Reimpose is built from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb impose meaning 'to put on' or 'to force on someone'. So, to reimpose a rule or tax is to 'put it back on' after it was removed.