redemand

English

Etymology

re- +‎ demand

Verb

redemand (third-person singular simple present redemands, present participle redemanding, simple past and past participle redemanded)

  1. (transitive) to demand again.
    • 1890, Julia Pardoe, The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 3 (of 3)‎:
      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.

Noun

redemand (plural redemands)

  1. The repetition of a demand.
  2. A demand for the return of a thing.

Anagrams

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