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rebarbarise

rebarbarise is the alternative spelling of rebarbarize.

Meaning of rebarbarize

Verb

rebarbarize (third-person singular simple present rebarbarizes, present participle rebarbarizing, simple past and past participle rebarbarized)

  1. (transitive) To barbarize again; to reduce again to a state of barbarism.
    • Germany […] rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars.1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform

Forms of rebarbarise

third-person singular presentrebarbarises
present participlerebarbarising
past participlerebarbarised
pastrebarbarised

Origin of rebarbarise

From re- + barbarise.

Questions about rebarbarise

What is rebarbarise the alternative spelling of?
Rebarbarise is the alternative spelling of rebarbarize.

Words near rebarbarise in the dictionary

  1. rebaptizer
  2. rebaptizers
  3. rebaptizes
  4. rebaptizing
  5. rebar
  6. rebarbarise
  7. rebarbarised
  8. rebarbarises
  9. rebarbarising
  10. rebarbarization
  11. rebarbarize

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