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recrossed

recrossed adjective: crossed a second time. Also the simple past and past participle of recross.

Adjective

recrossed (not comparable)

  1. Crossed a second time.
  2. Having the ends crossed, like (or as) a cross crosslet.
    • M'Glashan, Sco. a long cross recrossed, gules,[…]1817, Alexander Deuchar, British Crests: Containing the Crests and Mottos of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, page 189
    • gules, a bend argent acc. by six crosses recrossed argent1900, John William De Forest, The DeForests of Avesnes and of New Netherland: A Huguenot Thread in American Colonial History, 1494 to the Present Time, page 245

Also used as

recrossed is also the simple past and past participle of recross.

Questions about recrossed

What does recrossed mean?
Recrossed means crossed a second time.
What part of speech is recrossed?
Recrossed is an adjective.

Words near recrossed in the dictionary

  1. recross
  2. recross examination
  3. recross examinations
  4. recross-examination
  5. recross-examinations
  6. recrossed
  7. recrosses
  8. recrosseth
  9. recrossing
  10. recrossings
  11. recrowd

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