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respins

respins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of respin.

Meaning of respin

Verb

respin (third-person singular simple present respins, present participle respinning, simple past and past participle respun)

  1. To spin again.
    • But was not that the cobweb which she had wrecked? Had she without knowing turned back, or was it another web? Calmly, and again undismayed, the spider was industriously respinning in repair.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 288
  2. To tell a story in a new way.
    • Even the Plastic People's weathered, been-through-hell aging-radical looks can be respun as romantic now that their revolution has safely succeeded.1999 March 12, Monica Kendrick, “Prague Rock”, in Chicago Reader

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Questions about respins

What is respins the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Respins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of respin.

Words near respins in the dictionary

  1. respidering
  2. respiders
  3. respin
  4. respinning
  5. respinnings
  6. respins
  7. respirability
  8. respirable
  9. respirableness
  10. respirasome
  11. respirasomes

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