Redemand
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Redemand is a verb meaning (now rare) To demand the return of (someone or something).
Meaning
(now rare) To demand the return of (someone or something).
More Meanings
- (transitive) To demand again.
- The repetition of a demand.
- A demand for the return of a thing.
Example Sentences
You come, sir knight, as I understand, in the name of the marquis of Vicenza, to re-demand the lady Isabella his daughter, who has been contracted in the face of holy church to my son […].
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.
Word Forms
- redemands
- redemanding
- redemanded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reclaim, revoke, revert, repeal, resume, reclame.
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