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rerighting

rerighting is the present participle and gerund of reright.

Meaning of reright

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

Questions about rerighting

What is rerighting the present participle and gerund of?
Rerighting is the present participle and gerund of reright.

Words near rerighting in the dictionary

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

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