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reattire

reattire verb: to attire again.

Verb

reattire (third-person singular simple present reattires, present participle reattiring, simple past and past participle reattired)

  1. (transitive) To attire again.
    • As he lay before the door, it was proposed to strip and reattire the body.1885, John Clark Marshman, Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B., page 21

Forms of reattire

third-person singular presentreattires
present participlereattiring
past participlereattired
pastreattired

Origin of reattire

From re- + attire.

Questions about reattire

What does reattire mean?
Reattire means to attire again.
What part of speech is reattire?
Reattire is a verb.
What is the past tense of reattire?
The past tense of reattire is reattired.

Words near reattire in the dictionary

  1. reattenuation
  2. reattest
  3. reattested
  4. reattesting
  5. reattests
  6. reattire
  7. reattired
  8. reattires
  9. reattiring
  10. reattract
  11. reattracted

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