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abreacts

abreacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abreact.

Meaning of abreact

Verb

abreact (third-person singular simple present abreacts, present participle abreacting, simple past and past participle abreacted)

  1. (transitive) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.
    • HEATHER: But he'd deny it afterwards. Same thing all over. / DYSART: No. Because he's ready to abreact. / HEATHER: Abreact? / DYSART: Live it all again.1973, Peter Shaffer, “Act II, Scene 25”, in Equus, page 79

Questions about abreacts

What is abreacts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Abreacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abreact.

Words near abreacts in the dictionary

  1. abreacting
  2. abreaction
  3. abreactions
  4. abreactive
  5. abreactively
  6. abreacts
  7. abread
  8. abreast
  9. abrecock
  10. abrecocks
  11. Abrego

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