| 释义 |
reaˈdopt, v.
[re- 5 a.]
To adopt again.
1598Florio, Readottare,..to readopt. 1611Cotgr., Readopter, to readopt. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 33, I come to save you..And God to re-adopt you to incline. 1742Young Nt. Th. ix. 1342 When shall my soul her incarnation quit, And, re-adopted to thy blest embrace, Obtain her apotheosis in thee? 1850B. Taylor Eldorado I. xv. 103 The boundary which had first passed was re-adopted by a large vote. |
