reraise

reraise

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Etymology

    From re- + raise.

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    Noun

    reraise (plural reraises)

    1. (poker) A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.

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    reraise (third-person singular simple present reraises, present participle reraising, simple past and past participle reraised)

    1. To raise again or anew.
      • 1981, Arthur Coleman Danto, The transfiguration of the commonplace: a philosophy of art:
        I have reraised these points here because we now have at least this piece of theoretical apparatus to work with...
      • 2009, David M. Beazley, Python Essential Reference:
        If any kind of exception is raised, a rollback() operation is performed and the exception is reraised.
    2. (poker) To raise another raise.

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