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reineth

reineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rein.

Meaning of rein

Verb

rein (third-person singular simple present reins, present participle reining, simple past and past participle reined)

  1. (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
    • He mounts and reins his horse.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
  2. (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
    • Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
    • She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly.2011, Marie Claire Peck, Rocking Horse Ranch, page 40

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Origin of reineth

rein + -eth

Questions about reineth

What is reineth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rein.

Words near reineth in the dictionary

  1. Reinerts
  2. Reinertson
  3. Reinertsons
  4. reinervation
  5. reinest
  6. reineth
  7. reinette
  8. reinettes
  9. reinfarction
  10. reinfarctions
  11. reinfect

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