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reëstablishing

reëstablishing is the present participle and gerund of reëstablish.

Meaning of reëstablish

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

Questions about reëstablishing

What is reëstablishing the present participle and gerund of?
Reëstablishing is the present participle and gerund of reëstablish.

Words near reëstablishing in the dictionary

  1. reënvisagement
  2. reëscalation
  3. reëstablish
  4. reëstablished
  5. reëstablishes
  6. reëstablishing
  7. reëstablishment
  8. reëstablishments
  9. reëvaluate
  10. reëvaluated
  11. reëvaluates

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