Word Meanings - REELECTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Election a second time, or anew; as, the reëlection of a former chief.

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• SECOND
  1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity,
• CHIEFLESS
  Without a chief or leader.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• LECTIONARY
  A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
• CHIEFEST
  First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
• SECOND-CLASS
  Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second- rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.
• SECONDER
  One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.
• SECONDLY
  In the second place.
• ELECTIONEERER
  One who electioneers.
• CHIEF JUSTICE
  The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
• CHIEF HARE
  A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
• SECOND-SIGHT
  The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison. Nor less availed
• ELECTIONEER
  To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.
• LECTION
  A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service. 2. A reading; a variation in the text. We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new lections into the text. De Quincey.
• SECOND-SIGHTED
  Having the power of second-sight. Addison.
• CHIEFTAINCY; CHIEFTAINSHIP
  The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
• CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP
  The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.
• SECONDHAND
  1. Not original or primary; received from another. They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. Locke. 2. Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment. At second hand. See Hand, n., 10.
• ELECTION
  Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism. There is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom. xi. 5. (more info) 1. The act of choosing; choice; selection.
• CHIEFRIE
  A small rent paid to the lord paramount. Swift.
• DEFORMER
  One who deforms.
• SUPERREFLECTION
  The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
• KERCHIEF
  couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
• MISCHIEF
  + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
• FLECTIONAL
  Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection. A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. Earle.
• ENKERCHIEFED
  Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.
• PRELECTION
  A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company. "The prelections of Faber." Sir M. Hale.
• MISINFORMER
  One who gives or incorrect information.
• CIRCUMFLECTION
  See CIRCUMFLEXION
• INFORMER
  One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution
• NECKERCHIEF
  A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.
• BILECTION
  That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.
• PREDILECTION
  A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.
• MISRECOLLECTION
  Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.