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rerigged

rerigged is the simple past and past participle of rerig.

Meaning of rerig

Verb

rerig (third-person singular simple present rerigs, present participle rerigging, simple past and past participle rerigged)

  1. (transitive) To rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.
    • The Edward A. Horton, the Gloucester schooner forced into Guysborough, Nova Scotia, and stripped of its sails, is part of Gloucester lore. Six New Englanders broke into a warehouse at night, took the impounded gear, rerigged the schooner, and slipped away on the flood tide.1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 227

Questions about rerigged

What is rerigged the simple past and past participle of?
Rerigged is the simple past and past participle of rerig.

Words near rerigged in the dictionary

  1. rerevises
  2. rerevising
  3. rereward
  4. rerewards
  5. rerig
  6. rerigged
  7. rerigging
  8. reright
  9. rerighted
  10. rerighting
  11. rerights

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