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reearned

reearned is the simple past and past participle of reearn.

Meaning of reearn

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
  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

Questions about reearned

What is reearned the simple past and past participle of?
Reearned is the simple past and past participle of reearn.

Words near reearned in the dictionary

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

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