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Definition of Reattained
1. reattain [v] - See also: reattain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reattained
Literary usage of Reattained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"As it grows its nucleus divides, and so the large multinucleate form from which
we started is reattained. This history has important bearings, ..."
2. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1897)
"The state of the vegetation in the immediate neighborhood of the glaciers shows
that in many cases they have either kept or reattained the dimensions they ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1894)
"... therefore, of action in life is that this unity shall be reattained ; things
and action have thus an affinity with their origin, which affinity bears ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the individuals tend to degenerate, and the original well-developed form can
only be reattained by the formation of a sexually produced spore. ..."
5. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1903)
"As it grows the nucleus divides, and so the large multinucleate form from which
it sprang is reattained (Figs. 53 and 54). ..."
6. A Compendious History of American Methodism: Abridged from the Author's by Abel Stevens (1867)
"It soon became the most energetic antislavery body in the nation; it reattained
its original antislavery platform, and, in 1864, its General Conference ..."
7. A Compendious History of American Methodism: Abridged from the Author's by Abel Stevens (1867)
"It soon became the most energetic antislavery body in the nation; it reattained
its original antislavery platform, and, in 1864, its General Conference ..."
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