reexamine

reexamine
reexaminable, adj.reexamination, n.reexaminer, n.
/ree'ig zam"in/, v.t., reexamined, reexamining.
1. to examine again.
2. Law. to examine (a witness) again after having questioned him or her previously.
Also, re-examine.
[1585-95; RE- + EXAMINE]

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