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re·dis·trict
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riˈdɪs
trɪkt
/
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verb (used with object)
to divide anew into
districts
, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
Origin:
1840–50,
Americanism;
re-
+
district
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redistrict
"redraw the boundaries of districts," 1850, in U.S. political sense, from re- "again" + district (q.v.).
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