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rerigs

rerigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rerigs

What is rerigs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rerigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rerig.

Words near rerigs in the dictionary

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

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