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reraise

reraise noun: a raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.

Noun

reraise (plural reraises)

  1. A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.

Verb

reraise (third-person singular simple present reraises, present participle reraising, simple past and past participle reraised)

  1. To raise again or anew.
    • I have reraised these points here because we now have at least this piece of theoretical apparatus to work with...1981, Arthur Coleman Danto, The transfiguration of the commonplace: a philosophy of art
    • If any kind of exception is raised, a rollback() operation is performed and the exception is reraised.2009, David M. Beazley, Python Essential Reference
  2. To raise another raise.

Forms of reraise

Noun
pluralreraises
Verb
third-person singular presentreraises
present participlereraising
past participlereraised
pastreraised

Origin of reraise

From re- + raise.

Words formed from reraise

Questions about reraise

What does reraise mean?
Reraise means a raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.
What part of speech is reraise?
Reraise can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of reraise?
The plural of reraise is reraises.

Words near reraise in the dictionary

  1. rerailers
  2. rerailing
  3. rerailings
  4. rerailment
  5. rerails
  6. reraise
  7. reraised
  8. reraises
  9. reraising
  10. rerake
  11. reraked

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