redemand
nounEtymology From re- + demand.
1
The repetition of a demand.
2
A demand for the return of a thing.
redemand
verbEtymology From re- + demand.
1
Archaic To demand the return of (someone or something).
- You come, sir knight, as I understand, in the name of the marquis of Vicenza, to re-demand the lady Isabella his daughter, who has been contracted in the face of holy church to my son […].1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section III:
- When the unfortunate Queen would have sacrificed her jewels to liquidate the claims which pressed the most heavily upon her, she found the measure impossible, lest the King should redemand them as the property of the Crown; and she consequently soon saw herself reduced to the undignified expedient of subsisting upon the generosity of the powers from whom she had sought protection.1890, Julia Pardoe, The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 3 (of 3):
2
To demand again.