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/rˌikənsˈɪdər/ Listen

verb

Reconsider v. t.

To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.

(Parliamentary Practice) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reconsider" Quotes from Famous Books

... ensure peace was to attack one of the parties to the dispute, and proceeded to make things more or less even by vigorously chiding Poland for her aggression. Mr. CLYNES, while admitting that the Labour Party would have to reconsider its position if the independence of Poland was threatened, still maintained that we had not played a ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 18th, 1920 • Various

... and who afterwards became a very distinguished officer, for indulging in what many would consider the excusable frolics of youth; but to which he attached importance, because the rank of the party increased the influence of the example; nor could he be induced by the young man's friends to reconsider his determination. The Duke of Northumberland, who had himself known all the duties and hardships of service, could appreciate the impartial strictness of Sir Edward; and when he determined to send into the navy, first a young man whom he patronized, and afterwards his own son, the present Duke, ...

— The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth • Edward Osler

... quite embarrassed, and urged me to reconsider my determination, but I withdrew every one of the etchings, and they are now well hung in the ...

— The Gentle Art of Making Enemies • James McNeill Whistler

... then, Mr. Berkeley?' she said once more, as she held out her hand to him to say 'Good-night' a little later: 'not any evening at all, or part of an evening? You might really reconsider your engagements.' ...

— Philistia • Grant Allen

... 'Will you not reconsider your decision?' he asked, and there was softness and real affection in his look. 'Perhaps, after all, you may have mistaken your feelings; a girl is sometimes talked into ...

— Lover or Friend • Rosa Nouchette Carey

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