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re-etymologizes

re-etymologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of re-etymologize.

Meaning of re-etymologize

Verb

re-etymologize (third-person singular simple present re-etymologizes, present participle re-etymologizing, simple past and past participle re-etymologized)

  1. To modify a word's phonological form in accordance with a reanalysis.

Questions about re-etymologizes

What is re-etymologizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Re-etymologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of re-etymologize.

Words near re-etymologizes in the dictionary

  1. re-ethnization
  2. re-etymologization
  3. re-etymologizations
  4. re-etymologize
  5. re-etymologized
  6. re-etymologizes
  7. re-etymologizing
  8. re-evaluate
  9. re-evaluated
  10. re-evaluates
  11. re-evaluating

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