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rerefer

rerefer verb: to refer again or anew.

Verb

rerefer (third-person singular simple present rerefers, present participle rereferring, simple past and past participle rereferred)

  1. (transitive) To refer again or anew.
    • Eventually, the protocol was rereferred to the Foreign Relations Committee.1991, Bernard T. Pitsvada, The Senate, treaties, and national security, 1945-1974

Forms of rerefer

third-person singular presentrerefers
present participlerereferring
past participlerereferred
pastrereferred

Origin of rerefer

From re- + refer.

Questions about rerefer

What does rerefer mean?
Rerefer means to refer again or anew.
What part of speech is rerefer?
Rerefer is a verb.
What is the past tense of rerefer?
The past tense of rerefer is rereferred.

Words near rerefer in the dictionary

  1. reredundant
  2. rereel
  3. rereeled
  4. rereeling
  5. rereels
  6. rerefer
  7. rereference
  8. rereferenced
  9. rereferences
  10. rereferencing
  11. rereferral

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