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recanvass

recanvass verb: to canvass again or anew.

Verb

recanvass (third-person singular simple present recanvasses, present participle recanvassing, simple past and past participle recanvassed)

  1. (transitive) To canvass again or anew.

Noun

recanvass (plural recanvasses)

  1. A second or subsequent canvassing.
    • Each man had exactly 77,225 votes as of Friday at 1:45 p.m., with a recanvass of voting machines completed in 5 of the district’s 10 counties, elections officials said.2009 April 4, David M. Halbfinger, “Amid Signs of a Shove, Tedisco Quits as Assembly Minority Leader”, in New York Times

Forms of recanvass

Verb
third-person singular presentrecanvasses
present participlerecanvassing
past participlerecanvassed
pastrecanvassed
Noun
pluralrecanvasses

Origin of recanvass

From re- + canvass.

Questions about recanvass

What does recanvass mean?
Recanvass means to canvass again or anew.
What part of speech is recanvass?
Recanvass can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of recanvass?
The past tense of recanvass is recanvassed.

Words near recanvass in the dictionary

  1. recants
  2. recanvas
  3. recanvased
  4. recanvases
  5. recanvasing
  6. recanvass
  7. recanvassed
  8. recanvasses
  9. recanvassing
  10. recap
  11. recapacitate

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