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rechain

rechain verb: to chain again.

Verb

rechain (third-person singular simple present rechains, present participle rechaining, simple past and past participle rechained)

  1. To chain again
    • It is unclear if they were still chained from two days earlier or if Cho had rechained them before he began his shooting spree.2009, John Nicoletti, Sally Spencer-Thomas, Christopher Bollinger, Violence Goes to College: The Authoritative Guide to Prevention and Intervention, page 238

Forms of rechain

third-person singular presentrechains
present participlerechaining
past participlerechained
pastrechained

Origin of rechain

From re- + chain.

Questions about rechain

What does rechain mean?
Rechain means to chain again.
What part of speech is rechain?
Rechain is a verb.
What is the past tense of rechain?
The past tense of rechain is rechained.

Words near rechain in the dictionary

  1. receyving
  2. Rech
  3. Rechabite
  4. Rechabites
  5. Rechabitism
  6. rechain
  7. rechained
  8. rechaining
  9. rechains
  10. rechalk
  11. rechalked

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