Reconsider
[riːkən'sɪdə] or [,rikən'sɪdɚ]
Definition
(verb.) consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; 'Won't you reconsider your decision?'.
(verb.) consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it.
Inputed by Gavin--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.
(v. t.) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon.
Checker: Sondra
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Review, consider again.
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Definition
v.t. to consider again as to reconsider a motion or vote: to review.—n. Reconsiderā′tion.
Inputed by Barbara
Unserious Contents or Definition
v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
Inputed by Harlow
Examples
- For the moment she must yield to the refreshment her senses craved--after that she would reconsider her situation, and take counsel with her dignity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Then I shall reconsider my resolution about going out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- When new facts come to our knowledge which cannot be covered by it, it will be time enough to reconsider it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Let me seriously entreat you to reconsider this, Bounderby,' urged Mr. Gradgrind, 'before you commit yourself to such a decision. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- After that last reply I waited a little, to reconsider what I had heard. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the majority of cases, I am afraid I should have felt it my duty to my client to ask him to reconsider his Will. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I really can't say,' replied Eugene, shaking his head blankly, after pausing again to reconsider. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Stay, Mr. Lydgate, stay, said Bulstrode; I have been reconsidering this subject. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Every one was surprised, but one and all concealed their surprise, lest Mrs. Peniston should be alarmed by it into reconsidering her decision. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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