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rerivet

rerivet verb: to fit with new rivets.

Verb

rerivet (third-person singular simple present rerivets, present participle reriveting or (especially UK) rerivetting, simple past and past participle reriveted or (especially UK) rerivetted)

  1. (transitive) To fit with new rivets.

Forms of rerivet

third-person singular presentrerivets
present participlereriveting
present participle UK especiallyrerivetting
past participlereriveted
pastreriveted
past participle UK especiallyrerivetted
past UK especiallyrerivetted

Origin of rerivet

From re- + rivet.

Questions about rerivet

What does rerivet mean?
Rerivet means to fit with new rivets.
What part of speech is rerivet?
Rerivet is a verb.
What is the past tense of rerivet?
The past tense of rerivet is reriveted.

Words near rerivet in the dictionary

  1. rerinsings
  2. rerise
  3. rerisen
  4. rerises
  5. rerising
  6. rerivet
  7. reriveted
  8. reriveting
  9. rerivets
  10. rerivetted
  11. rerivetting

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