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regrates

regrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of regrate.

Meaning of regrate

Verb

regrate (third-person singular simple present regrates, present participle regrating, simple past and past participle regrated)

  1. to grate again
    • The Parmesan cheese needs to be regrated into smaller bits.
  2. To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
  3. To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
  4. To offend; to shock.
    • whose clothing may regrate the eye1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC

Questions about regrates

What is regrates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Regrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of regrate.

Words near regrates in the dictionary

  1. regrated
  2. regrater
  3. regrateries
  4. regraters
  5. regratery
  6. regrates
  7. regratification
  8. regratified
  9. regratifies
  10. regratify
  11. regratifying

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