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reroot

reroot verb: to root again, or in a new place in a better way.

Verb

reroot (third-person singular simple present reroots, present participle rerooting, simple past and past participle rerooted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To root again, or in a new place in a better way.

Forms of reroot

third-person singular presentreroots
present participlererooting
past participlererooted
pastrerooted

Origin of reroot

From re- + root.

Questions about reroot

What does reroot mean?
Reroot means to root again, or in a new place in a better way.
What part of speech is reroot?
Reroot is a verb.
What is the past tense of reroot?
The past tense of reroot is rerooted.

Words near reroot in the dictionary

  1. reroof
  2. reroofed
  3. reroofing
  4. reroofings
  5. reroofs
  6. reroot
  7. rerooted
  8. rerooting
  9. reroots
  10. rerose
  11. rerotate

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