repoll

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verb

re·​poll (ˌ)rē-ˈpōl 

repolled; repolling

transitive verb

: to question or canvass (people) again : to carry out a new poll of (a group of people)

If an updated system were proposed, he added, the group would want to repoll its members and get new feedback.

—Eleanor Kennedy

… the Senator seemed to be getting more than two‐thirds of the undecided voters who were repolled.

—R. W. Apple, Jr.

repoll

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noun

re·​poll ˈrē-ˌpōl 

plural repolls

: the act or an instance of carrying out a poll (see poll entry 1 sense 5a) again

ordered a repoll of the voters

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1884, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1884, in the meaning defined above