redeliver
verb/ˌɹiːdɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/
Etymology From re- + deliver.
1
To give back; to return (something).
- his father had then eigh[t] of our English men, many swords, peeces, and other tooles, which he had at seuerall times by trecherons murdering our men, taken from them, which though of no use to him, he would not redeliuer [...].1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond, published 1957, pages 5–6:
2
To deliver (a letter, parcel, etc.) again.
3
To deliver or liberate again.
4
Obsolete To report; to deliver the answer of.
- Shall I redeliver you e'en so?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Derived terms
- redeliverable, redeliverer, redelivery