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rehouse

rehouse verb: to give a new house to; to relocate someone to a new house.

Verb

rehouse (third-person singular simple present rehouses, present participle rehousing, simple past and past participle rehoused)

  1. (transitive) To give a new house to; to relocate someone to a new house.
  2. (transitive) To store in a new location.
    • The existing collection of paintings will be rehoused in the new gallery.

Forms of rehouse

third-person singular presentrehouses
present participlerehousing
past participlerehoused
pastrehoused

Origin of rehouse

From re- + house.

Questions about rehouse

What does rehouse mean?
Rehouse means to give a new house to; to relocate someone to a new house.
What part of speech is rehouse?
Rehouse is a verb.
What is the past tense of rehouse?
The past tense of rehouse is rehoused.

Words near rehouse in the dictionary

  1. rehospitalizing
  2. rehost
  3. rehosted
  4. rehosting
  5. rehosts
  6. rehouse
  7. rehoused
  8. rehouses
  9. rehousing
  10. rehousings
  11. Rehovot

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