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releap

releap verb: to leap again.

Verb

releap (third-person singular simple present releaps, present participle releaping, simple past and past participle releaped or releapt)

  1. (transitive) To leap again.
    • Kearny and his sergeant had no other alternative but retreat; and, wheeling right about, both headed their horses to releap the ditch.1844, Philip Kearny, Service with the French Troops in Africa, page 95

Forms of releap

third-person singular presentreleaps
present participlereleaping
past participlereleaped
pastreleaped
past participlereleapt
pastreleapt

Origin of releap

re- + leap

Questions about releap

What does releap mean?
Releap means to leap again.
What part of speech is releap?
Releap is a verb.
What is the past tense of releap?
The past tense of releap is releaped.

Words near releap in the dictionary

  1. relcovaptan
  2. relead
  3. releaded
  4. releading
  5. releads
  6. releap
  7. releaped
  8. releaping
  9. releaps
  10. releapt
  11. relearn

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