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replighting

replighting is the present participle and gerund of replight.

Meaning of replight

Verb

replight (third-person singular simple present replights, present participle replighting, simple past and past participle replighted)

  1. (transitive) To plight again.
    • Replight their troth
      Pledged from the everlasting Dawn
      Down to the death Divine.1911, The Westminster Review, volume 176, page 91

Questions about replighting

What is replighting the present participle and gerund of?
Replighting is the present participle and gerund of replight.

Words near replighting in the dictionary

  1. repliest
  2. replieth
  3. replievable
  4. replight
  5. replighted
  6. replighting
  7. replights
  8. replisomal
  9. replisome
  10. replisomes
  11. replitase

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