Antonyms for re-elect


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-lekt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɛkt


Definition of re-elect

Origin :
  • also reelect, c.1600, from re- "back, again" + elect (v.). Related: Re-elected; re-electing.
  • As in reinstate : verb give back responsibility
Example sentences :
  • I re-elect the General to give away my wine to Africans and manufacturers?
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • These men have influence, and we require influence to re-elect Mr. Lincoln.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Scenes » by Elizabeth Keckley
  • I believe there is no disposition in any party to re-elect Heister.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Albert Gallatin » by Henry Adams
  • If the fellows know their business they'll re-elect him for next year.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Sweater » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • And then could he face the clubs,—if the clubs would be kind enough to re-elect him?
  • Extract from : « Mr. Scarborough's Family » by Anthony Trollope
  • When Michaelmas arrived, the livery refused to re-elect Trecothick—as indeed Wilkes had foretold.
  • Extract from : « London and the Kingdom - Volume III » by Reginald R. Sharpe
  • I told him that, after this, nothing but bribery and corruption could re-elect him as the Mayor of St. Louis.
  • Extract from : « My Impresssions of America » by Margot Asquith
  • The legislature whose duty it would be to re-elect him to the United States Senate, was already in session.
  • Extract from : « The Gilded Age, Complete » by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
  • There were enough votes to re-elect him, but it would require the most careful political manipulation to hold them together.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
  • The procedure is to make a few long speeches, praise the club, and re-elect the Board.
  • Extract from : « Greenwich Village » by Anna Alice Chapin

Synonyms for re-elect

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