recertify

recertify

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English certify
English recertify

    From re- + certify.

    Verb

    recertify (third-person singular simple present recertifies, present participle recertifying, simple past and past participle recertified)

    1. (transitive) To certify again.
      • 2009 January 16, Eli Kintisch, “EXPORT CONTROLS: Current System Hampers U.S. Innovation, Says Panel”, in Science, volume 323, number 5912:
        It says that export controls on specific items or technologies should last no longer than 1 year unless the government can recertify them.

    Derived terms

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.