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re⋅is⋅sue

[ree-ish-oo or, especially Brit., -is-yoo] noun, verb, -sued, -su⋅ing.
–noun
1. something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
2. an official reprinting of a postage stamp after the original printing has been stopped.
–verb (used with object)
3. to issue again.
–verb (used without object)
4. to come forth or flow out again.

Origin:
1610–20; re- + issue


re⋅is⋅su⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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re·is·sue   (rē-ĭsh'ōō)   
v.   re·is·sued, re·is·su·ing, re·is·sues

v.   tr.
To issue again, especially to make available again.
v.   intr.
To come forth again.
n.  
  1. A second or subsequent issue, as of a book.

  2. A reprinting of postage stamps from unchanged plates.

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Word Origin & History

reissue  (v.)
1618, from re- "back, again" + issue (q.v.). The noun is attested from 1805.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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