reprint

[ verb ree-print; noun ree-print ]

verb (used with object)

1. to print again; print a new impression of.

noun

1. a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
2. an offprint.
3. a new impression, without alteration, of a book or other printed work.
4. Philately. an impression from the original plate after the issuance of a stamp has ceased and its use for postage has been voided.

reprint

noun

1. a reproduction in print of any matter already published; offprint
2. a reissue of a printed work using the same type, plates, etc, as the original

verb

1. tr to print again

Derived Forms

• reˈprinter, noun

Other Words From

• re·printer noun
• misre·print verb (used with object)
• unre·printed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprint¹

First recorded in 1545–55; re- + print

Example Sentences

Joe was gracious enough to give his permission to let us reprint it here.

From The Daily Beast

By Christmas it was on its seventh reprint and had sold more than 150,000 copies.

From The Daily Beast

The Prince By R.M. Koster A reprint of a 1972 classic in which a fictional Latin American nation boils in violence.

From The Daily Beast

The Royalist would like to thank Powells for permission to reprint this piece.

From The Daily Beast

She is reviewing a posthumous book by Tony Tanner, a reprint of the prefaces he wrote for The Everyman Shakespeare in the 1990s.

From The Daily Beast

This present reprint, therefore, intends to give the fullest text of Richardsons introduction, and to indicate his changes.

From Project Gutenberg

It is expected that this end will be definitely furthered through the study and use of the material contained in this reprint.

From Project Gutenberg

When I get old and have time on my hands I'm going to reprint some of these—wide margins, and footnotes, and that sort of thing.

From Project Gutenberg

A reprint of articles bearing on this subject is issued under the title Digestive impossibilities.

From Project Gutenberg

A detailed discussion of these results is included in the full report contained in the reprint.

From Project Gutenberg

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