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re-formation (n.)[re-formation 词源字典]: early 15c., from re- + formation.[re-formation etymology, re-formation origin, 英语词源]
re-fund (v.): 1860, from re- + fund. Related: Re-funded; re-funding.
re-hear (v.): also rehear, 1680s, legal, from re- + hear. Related: Re-heard; re-hearing.
re-ignite (v.): also reignite, 1863, from re- + ignite. Related: Reignited; reigniting.
re-import (v.): also reimport, 1742, from re- + import (v.). Related: Re-imported; re-importing.
re-inter (v.): also reinter, 1610s, from re- + inter. Related: Re-interred; re-interring.
re-lay (v.): "to lay again," 1590s, from re- + lay (v.). Related: Re-laid; re-laying.
re-mark (v.): "to mark again," 1610s, from re- + mark (v.). Related: Re-marked; re-marking.
re-present (v.): "to offer again," 1560s, from re- + present (v.). Related: Re-presented; re-presenting; re-presentation.
re-presentation (n.): "a presenting again," 1805, from re- + presentation.
re-read (v.): also reread, 1782, from re- + read (v.). Related: Re-reading. As a noun, from 1973.
re-record (v.): 1930, from re- + record (v.). Related: Re-recorded; re-recording.
re-route (v.): also reroute, 1929, of mails, from re- "back, again" + route (v.). Related: Rerouted; rerouting.
re-search (v.): "to search again," 1760, from re- + search (v.). Related: Re-searched; re-searching.
re-sign (v.): "sign again," 1805, from re- + sign (v.). Related: Re-signed; re-signing.
re-strain (v.): "strain again," 1874, from re- + strain (v.). Related: Re-strained; re-straining.
re-up (v.): "to re-enlist," 1906, U.S. armed forces slang, from re- "back, again" + up (v.) "enlist." Related: Re-upped; re-upping.
re-view (n.): "a second or repeated viewing," from re- + view (n.).
reach (v.): Old English ræcan, reccan "reach out, stretch out, extend, hold forth," also "succeed in touching, succeed in striking; address, speak to," also "offer, present, give, grant," from West Germanic *raikjan "stretch out the hand" (cognates: Old Frisian reka, Middle Dutch reiken, Dutch reiken, Old High German and German reichen), from Proto-Germanic *raikijanau, perhaps from PIE root *reig- "to stretch out" (cognates: Sanskrit rjyati "he stretches himself," riag "torture" (by racking); Greek oregein "to reach, extend;" Lithuanian raižius "to stretch oneself;" Old Irish rigim "I stretch").

Shakespeare uses the now-obsolete past tense form raught (Old English ræhte). Meaning "arrive at" is early 14c.; that of "succeed in influencing" is from 1660s. Related: Reached; reaching. Reach-me-down "ready-made" (of clothes) is recorded from 1862, from notion of being on the rack in a finished state.
reach (n.): 1520s, from reach (v.); earliest use is of stretches of water. Meaning "extent of reaching" is from 1540s; that of "act of reaching" is from 1560s.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

[Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"]