Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To impose or levy anew: as, to
reimpose a tax. - To tax or charge anew; retax.
- To place or lay again: as, to
reimpose burdens upon the poor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To impose anew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
impose again, a further time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb impose anew
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Examples
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Broader measures are readily available: To start, Western governments could reimpose visa bans and asset freezes on senior Belarusan officials that were lifted in 2008.
Morning Bits Jennifer Rubin 2011
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The problem of Jim Crow in the South was a direct product of slavery – indeed it was a deliberate and concerted effort by Southerners to reimpose slavery in everything but name.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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Even if he agreed to reimpose the settlement "freeze" that expired on September 26, construction would continue, as it has almost unabated during the past ten months, when the freeze was in effect.
Henry Siegman: Netanyahu's Freeze Scam Henry Siegman 2010
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At the same time, you are seeing in Tunisia that when you have an open competition for votes in a fairly pluralistic and complex society, the natural process of compromise comes through, as long as no one is allowed to take over and reimpose the former authoritarianism.
20-20 vs. 9-9-9 2011
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Even if he agreed to reimpose the settlement "freeze" that expired on September 26, construction would continue, as it has almost unabated during the past ten months, when the freeze was in effect.
Henry Siegman: Netanyahu's Freeze Scam Henry Siegman 2010
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Even if he agreed to reimpose the settlement "freeze" that expired on September 26, construction would continue, as it has almost unabated during the past ten months, when the freeze was in effect.
Henry Siegman: Netanyahu's Freeze Scam Henry Siegman 2010
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In an address before a joint session of Congress this year, President Felipe Calderon asked the United States to reimpose a ban on the assault-style rifles favored by Mexican drug cartels and to work harder to stop weapons flowing from gun shops and gun shows along the southwest border into Mexico.
U.S. and Mexico struggle to stop flow of weapons across border William Booth 2010
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In an address before a joint session of Congress this year, President Felipe Calderon asked the United States to reimpose a ban on the assault-style rifles favored by Mexican drug cartels and to work harder to stop weapons flowing from gun shops and gun shows along the southwest border into Mexico.
U.S. and Mexico struggle to stop flow of weapons across border William Booth 2010
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In an address before a joint session of Congress this year, President Felipe Calderon asked the United States to reimpose a ban on the assault-style rifles favored by Mexican drug cartels and to work harder to stop weapons flowing from gun shops and gun shows along the southwest border into Mexico.
U.S. and Mexico struggle to stop flow of weapons across border William Booth 2010
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He will not reimpose the Business taxes of the 1990s to fund the excess Spending.
The Budget Issue, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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