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reright

reright verb: to set right again.

Verb

reright (third-person singular simple present rerights, present participle rerighting, simple past and past participle rerighted)

  1. (transitive) To set right again.
    • With the boats secured, I left my engine on idle and jumped across and together we heaved to reright the boat. But she continued to wallow with little response.2014, Ranulph Fiennes, To the Ends of the Earth

Forms of reright

third-person singular presentrerights
present participlererighting
past participlererighted
pastrerighted

Origin of reright

From re- + right.

Questions about reright

What does reright mean?
Reright means to set right again.
What part of speech is reright?
Reright is a verb.
What is the past tense of reright?
The past tense of reright is rerighted.

Words near reright in the dictionary

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

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