reimpose

verb

re·​im·​pose (ˌ)rē-im-ˈpōz 

reimposed; reimposing

transitive verb

: to impose (something) again

Months would pass, and one police officer would die, before Canadian soldiers reimposed order.

—John Kalbfleisch

The state of siege, which had been briefly lifted, was reimposed …

—Isabel Hilton

… [U.S.] allies have usually been reluctant to reimpose sanctions after many were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear accord.

—Mark Landler et al.

… said he will ask his country's congress to reimpose the death penalty, which has been suspended since 2006 …

—Irish Examiner (online)

EU governments in the passport-free Schengen zone would be able to reimpose border controls when faced with extraordinary flows of migrants …

—BBC News (online)

… residents could vote to reimpose property taxes in order to provide additional local funding.

—Lonnie Harp

reimposition

(ˌ)rē-ˌim-pə-ˈzi-shən 

noun

plural reimpositions

… doesn't want the forcible reimposition of a right-wing dictatorship.

—Christopher Hitchens

Examples of reimpose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pagosa Springs had just lifted an evacuation order from a previous storm, only to reimpose it Saturday. — Christopher Weber, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Town officials had just lifted an evacuation order from flooding last week only to reimpose it Saturday. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Pagosa Springs had just lifted an evacuation order from previous flooding last week, only to reimpose it Saturday. — Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

The news outlets warned that the White House was likely to reimpose the ban absent further court intervention. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reimpose

• aloes
• arose
• bestows
• boroughs
• buboes
• cargoes
• cocos
• compos
• compose
• crossbows
• demos
• depose