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rebite

rebite verb: to freshen worn lines in (an etched plate) by subjecting it to acid again.

Verb

rebite (third-person singular simple present rebites, present participle rebiting, simple past rebit, past participle rebitten)

  1. (transitive) To freshen worn lines in (an etched plate) by subjecting it to acid again.

Forms of rebite

third-person singular presentrebites
present participlerebiting
pastrebit
past participlerebitten

Origin of rebite

From re- + bite.

Questions about rebite

What does rebite mean?
Rebite means to freshen worn lines in (an etched plate) by subjecting it to acid again.
What part of speech is rebite?
Rebite is a verb.
What is the past tense of rebite?
The past tense of rebite is rebit.

Words near rebite in the dictionary

  1. rebirthings
  2. rebirths
  3. rebis
  4. rebises
  5. rebit
  6. rebite
  7. rebites
  8. rebiting
  9. rebitings
  10. rebits
  11. rebitten

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