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resuspend en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English suspend English resuspend From re- + suspend.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To suspend again.
   • Jolyon Maugham QC […] argued that since the government had not applied to delay the effect of the ruling, parliament is no longer suspended. If the government wants to delay prorogation further, he maintained, ministers would have to make a fresh application at a UK court immediately to resuspend parliamentary sittings. 2019 September 11, Owen Bowcott, Severin Carrell, “Scottish court ruling: what happens next in prorogation dispute?”, in The Guardian:
2. To undergo (or cause to undergo) resuspension.

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