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re-lay

  [ree-ley]
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–verb (used with object), -laid, -lay⋅ing.
to lay again.
Also, relay.

Origin:
1580–90; re- + lay 1
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re⋅lay

1  [n. ree-ley; v. ree-ley, ri-ley] noun, verb, -layed, -lay⋅ing.
–noun
1. a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
2. a fresh set of dogs or horses posted in readiness for use in a hunt, on a journey, etc.
3. Sports.
a. relay race.
b. a length or leg in a relay race.
4. Machinery. an automatic control device in which the settings of valves, switches, etc., are regulated by a powered element, as a motor, solenoid, or pneumatic mechanism actuated by a smaller, sensitive element.
5. Electricity. a device, usually consisting of an electromagnet and an armature, by which a change of current or voltage in one circuit is used to make or break a connection in another circuit or to affect the operation of other devices in the same or another circuit.
6. (initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace. one of an early series of experimental low-altitude, active communications satellites.
–verb (used with object)
7. to carry forward by or as if by relays: to relay a message.
8. to provide with or replace by fresh relays.
9. Electricity. to retransmit (a signal, message, etc.) by or as if by means of a telegraphic relay.
–verb (used without object)
10. Electricity. to retransmit a signal or message electronically.
Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late ME relaien to unleash fresh hounds in a hunt < MF relaier, OF: to leave behind, release, equiv. to re- re- + laier to leave, dial. var. of laissier < L laxāre (see relax ); (n.) late ME relai set of fresh hounds < MF, deriv. of relaier

re⋅lay

2  [ree-ley]
–verb (used with object), -laid, -lay⋅ing.
re-lay.
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re·lay   (rē'lā)   
n.  

  1. An act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another.

  2. Sports

    1. A relay race.

    2. A division of a relay race.

  3. Electronics A device that responds to a small current or voltage change by activating switches or other devices in an electric circuit.

  4. A crew of workers who relieve another crew; a shift.

  5. A fresh team, as of horses or dogs, to relieve weary animals in a hunt, task, or journey.

tr.v.   (rē'lā, rĭ-lā') re·layed, re·lay·ing, re·lays

  1. To pass along by or as if by relay: relayed the message to his boss.

  2. To supply with fresh relays.

  3. Electronics To control or retransmit by means of a relay.


[Middle English relai, fresh team of dogs for a hunt, from Old French, from relaier, to relay : re-, re- + laier, to leave (of Germanic origin; see leip- in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

relay  (n.)
c.1410, "hounds placed along a line of chase," from M.Fr. relai "reserve pack of hounds or other animals" (13c.), from O.Fr. relaier "to exchange tired animals for fresh," lit. "leave behind," from re- "back" + laier "to leave" (see delay). The etymological sense is "to leave (dogs) behind (in order to take fresh ones)." Of horses, 1659. Electromagnetic sense first recorded 1860. As a type of foot-race, it is attested from 1898. The verb is first attested c.1410.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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