reslay
reslay verb: to slay again.
Verb
reslay (third-person singular simple present reslays, present participle reslaying, simple past reslew, past participle reslain)
- To slay again.
- They delight to refight the battles and reslay the slain.1859, Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, page 665
- In this paper I propose to say something about the attempt of the Baconian theorists to "work" Ben Jonson over into a witness against William Shakespeare, not because it is necessary to reslay the slain Baconian, but to illustrate that here as elsewhere, and all along the line, there is "nothing in...1891, Shakespeariana: A Critical and Contemporary Review of Shakespearian Literature, page 195
Forms of reslay
| third-person singular present | reslays |
|---|---|
| present participle | reslaying |
| past | reslew |
| past participle | reslain |
Origin of reslay
From re- + slay.
Questions about reslay
- What does reslay mean?
- Reslay means to slay again.
- What part of speech is reslay?
- Reslay is a verb.
- What is the past tense of reslay?
- The past tense of reslay is reslew.
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