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re⋅ad⋅just

  [ree-uh-juhst]
Use readjust in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
Origin:
1735–45; re- + adjust

Related forms:
re⋅ad⋅just⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅ad⋅just⋅er, noun
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re·ad·just   (rē'ə-jŭst')   
tr.v.   re·ad·just·ed, re·ad·just·ing, re·ad·justs
To adjust or arrange again.
re'ad·just'er n., re'ad·just'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

readjust 
1742, from re- "back, again" + adjust (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·ad·just
Pronunciation: "rE-&-'j&st
Function: transitive verb
: to adjust again; especially : to voluntarily reorganize (a corporation) intransitive verb : to become readjusted —re·ad·just·ment noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·ad·just
Pronunciation: "rE-&-'j&st
Function: intransitive verb
: to become adjusted or undergo adjustment again —re·ad·just·ment /-'j&s(t)-m&nt/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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