reexamine

verb

re·​ex·​am·​ine (ˌ)rē-ig-ˈza-mən 

variants or re-examine

reexamined or re-examined; reexamining or re-examining

transitive verb

1

: to examine (someone or something) again especially from a different point of view

reexamine the patient/evidence

reexamining our assumptions

It's healthy, I think, to reexamine old institutions and futz with them rather than throw them out entirely.

—Majorie Ingall

The great expense is in part also a political choice that should be re-examined.

—Mary Graham

2

law : to question (a witness) again in a legal proceeding

Each witness is first questioned by the prosecution …, then 'cross-examined' by the defence, and then sometimes 're-examined' by the prosecution.

—R. M. Jackson

Synonyms of reexamine

• reconsider
• revisit
• review

Examples of reexamine in a Sentence

in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer

Recent Examples on the Web

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Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reexamine

• backgammon
• examen
• examine
• glutamine
• famine
• gammon
• mammon

Legal Definition

reexamine

transitive verb

re·​exam·​ine

ˌrē-ig-ˈza-mən

: to examine again