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reissue.

To issue again.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To issue again.

  2. To reprint a series of postage stamps from old plates.

  3. In patent law: to permit a patent with ministerial errors to be corrected and enforced for the remainder of the original term of the patent.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Old French issir Old French issuebor. Middle English issue English issue English reissue From re- + issue.

noun
  1. Something that has issued, or been issued again.

    Copies of the original comic are valued by collectors, but the reissues are worthless.
  2. A second or subsequent printing of postage stamps from old plates.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Old French issir Old French issuebor. Middle English issue English issue English reissue From re- + issue.

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