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relactating

relactating is the present participle and gerund of relactate.

Meaning of relactate

Verb

relactate (third-person singular simple present relactates, present participle relactating, simple past and past participle relactated)

  1. (intransitive) To resume lactating, after stopping for a period of weeks or longer.
    • “I have considered trying to relactate,” said Ms. Williams, referring to the difficult process of trying to restart breastfeeding after it has been stopped for weeks or months.2022 May 16, Catherine Pearson, “Amid a Worsening Formula Shortage, Mothers Are Asked: ‘Why Not Breastfeed?’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about relactating

What is relactating the present participle and gerund of?
Relactating is the present participle and gerund of relactate.

Words near relactating in the dictionary

  1. relacquering
  2. relacquers
  3. relactate
  4. relactated
  5. relactates
  6. relactating
  7. relactation
  8. relade
  9. reladed
  10. reladen
  11. relades

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Adapted from Wiktionary: relactating (page history and authors); relactate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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