rebiting
rebiting is the present participle and gerund of rebite.
Meaning of rebite
Verb
rebite (third-person singular simple present rebites, present participle rebiting, simple past rebit, past participle rebitten)
Noun
rebiting (countable and uncountable, plural rebitings)
- The process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it to the action of acid again.
- The fact is that a considerable number of Rembrandt's original coppers are still in material existence, though the greater part of them have been so much deteriorated by wear, and so injured by retouchings and rebitings, as to be artistically valueless.1886, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Etchings & Etchers
Forms of rebiting
| plural | rebitings |
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Questions about rebiting
- What does rebiting mean?
- Rebiting means the process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it to the action of acid again.
- What is rebiting the present participle and gerund of?
- Rebiting is the present participle and gerund of rebite.
- What part of speech is rebiting?
- Rebiting is a noun.
- What is the plural of rebiting?
- The plural of rebiting is rebitings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rebiting (page history and authors); rebite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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