Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To demand the return of; also, to demand a second time.
  • noun The repetition of a demand; also, a demand for the return of anything.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.
  • transitive verb To demand back; to demand again.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive to demand again.

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Examples

  • Chatelart, who was prepossessed with an opinion that it belonged to the Duke of Nemours, and that the Duke was in love with the Queen-Dauphin, did not doubt but it was he who had sent to redemand it, and so answered with a malicious sort of joy, that he had put the letter into the Queen-Dauphin's hands.

    The Princess of Cleves La Fayette, Madame de 1951

  • "I cannot comprehend," replied the Princess, "how it should be of any consequence to him, if this letter should be seen, nor what reason there is to redemand it in his name."

    The Princess of Cleves La Fayette, Madame de 1951

  • When the unfortunate Queen would have sacrificed her jewels to liquidate the claims which pressed the most heavily upon her, she found the measure impossible, lest the King should redemand them as the property of the Crown; and she consequently soon saw herself reduced to the undignified expedient of subsisting upon the generosity of the powers from whom she had sought protection.

    The Life of Marie de Medicis Pardoe, Julia 1890

  • It was as though he saw the wraith of some fair, dead woman he had loved of old, risen anew to redemand from him his former allegiance.

    Ardath Marie Corelli 1889

  • They then proceeded to Tenedos, from whence Odysseus and Menelaus were dispatched as envoys to Troy, to redemand Helen and the stolen property.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • When the unfortunate Queen would have sacrificed her jewels to liquidate the claims which pressed the most heavily upon her, she found the measure impossible, lest the King should redemand them as the property of the Crown; and she consequently soon saw herself reduced to the undignified expedient of subsisting upon the generosity of the powers from whom she had sought protection.

    The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 3 Julia Pardoe 1833

  • Away I came, and in my vexation totally forgot to redemand my manuscript.

    The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Thomas Holcroft 1777

  • The Duke of Weymar pretended that John de Vert was his Prisoner, and that he only sent him into France to be kept there till he should redemand him.

    The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Burigny, Jean L De 1754

  • France to be kept there till he should redemand him.

    The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Jean L��vesque de Burigny 1738

  • Duke of Nemours, and that the Duke was in love with the Queen-Dauphin, did not doubt but it was he who had sent to redemand it, and so answered with a malicious sort of joy, that he had put the letter into the Queen-Dauphin's hands.

    The Princess of Cleves 1663

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