restand

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ stand.

Verb

restand (third-person singular simple present restands, present participle restanding, simple past and past participle restood)

1. (intransitive, politics) To stand again (for office).
   • 2003, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, page 21298:

     On 10 August 1977 he announced he would not restand for Lalor at the forthcoming election. He was replaced by my predecessor, Barry Jones.

Anagrams

• Arendts, stander, Stander, transed, endarts, detrans, darsen't, red ants, darnest, snarted, St. Andre