reissue

English

Etymology

re- + issue

Verb

reissue (third-person singular simple present reissues, present participle reissuing, simple past and past participle reissued)

  1. To issue again.
  2. To reprint a series of postage stamps from old plates.
  3. In patent law: to permit a patent with ministerial errors to be corrected and enforced for the remainder of the original term of the patent.

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Noun

reissue (plural reissues)

  1. Something that has issued, or been issued again.
    Copies of the original comic are valued by collectors, but the reissues are worthless.
  2. A second or subsequent printing of postage stamps from old plates.

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