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restiffen

restiffen verb: to stiffen again.

Verb

restiffen (third-person singular simple present restiffens, present participle restiffening, simple past and past participle restiffened)

  1. To stiffen again.

Forms of restiffen

third-person singular presentrestiffens
present participlerestiffening
past participlerestiffened
pastrestiffened

Origin of restiffen

From re- + stiffen.

Questions about restiffen

What does restiffen mean?
Restiffen means to stiffen again.
What part of speech is restiffen?
Restiffen is a verb.
What is the past tense of restiffen?
The past tense of restiffen is restiffened.

Words near restiffen in the dictionary

  1. restickering
  2. restickers
  3. resticking
  4. resticks
  5. restiff
  6. restiffen
  7. restiffened
  8. restiffening
  9. restiffens
  10. restiffness
  11. restiffs

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