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reearn

reearn verb: to earn back something one has lost.

Verb

reearn (third-person singular simple present reearns, present participle reearning, simple past and past participle reearned or reearnt)

  1. To earn back something one has lost.
    • The pattern was first to isolate the child physically and emotionally when he experienced parental disapproval; second, to allow the child to reearn parental love by insisting that he comply unconditionally to the parents' will.1998, Marnie Jones, Holy Toledo: Religion and Politics in the Life of "Golden Rule" Jones
    • Well done! You have reearnt my respect!1999 August 10, Christopher Hill, “Is this a good video card?”, in 3dfx.products.voodoo2 (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025
  2. To repeat the process of earning; to renew one's status as deserving.
    • One consequence is the need for those in positions of authority to recognize the necessity to earn, reearn, and reearn the trust of their constituency.2001, Lyle E. Schaller, What Have We Learned?: The Best Thinking on Congregational Life, →ISBN
    • Few, if any, companies will have to reearn a certificate from scratch.2001, Impact of the Application of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 on Selected Industrial Sectors

Examples of reearn in a sentence

  • Carl commented on the need he and Ginny had to reearn one another's trust through a series of successes.2000, Bill Farrel, Pam Farrel, Love, Honor & Forgive: A Guide for Married Couples, →ISBN, page 128:
  • When they paused to rest the wind immediately drove them backward, and they had to reearn the distance.2004, William Longyard, A Speck on the Sea: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels, →ISBN:

Forms of reearn

third-person singular presentreearns
present participlereearning
past participlereearned
pastreearned
past participlereearnt
pastreearnt

Questions about reearn

What does reearn mean?
Reearn means to earn back something one has lost.
How do you use reearn in a sentence?
Carl commented on the need he and Ginny had to reearn one another's trust through a series of successes.
What part of speech is reearn?
Reearn is a verb.
What is the past tense of reearn?
The past tense of reearn is reearned.

Words near reearn in the dictionary

  1. redynamizing
  2. ree
  3. Ree group
  4. Ree groups
  5. ree-raw
  6. reearn
  7. reearned
  8. reearning
  9. reearns
  10. reearnt
  11. reeat

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