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reëstablish

reëstablish verb: dated spelling of reestablish.

Verb

reëstablish (third-person singular simple present reëstablishes, present participle reëstablishing, simple past and past participle reëstablished)

  1. Dated spelling of reestablish.
    • It proved not difficult to reëstablish the intimacy of the two companions, on the same footing and in the same degree as heretofore.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Leech and His Patient”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 164

Forms of reëstablish

third-person singular presentreëstablishes
present participlereëstablishing
past participlereëstablished
pastreëstablished

Questions about reëstablish

What does reëstablish mean?
Reëstablish means dated spelling of reestablish.
What part of speech is reëstablish?
Reëstablish is a verb.
What is the past tense of reëstablish?
The past tense of reëstablish is reëstablished.

Words near reëstablish in the dictionary

  1. reëntrants
  2. reëntries
  3. reëntry
  4. reënvisagement
  5. reëscalation
  6. reëstablish
  7. reëstablished
  8. reëstablishes
  9. reëstablishing
  10. reëstablishment
  11. reëstablishments

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