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restress

restress verb: to stress again.

Verb

restress (third-person singular simple present restresses, present participle restressing, simple past and past participle restressed)

  1. To stress again.

Forms of restress

third-person singular presentrestresses
present participlerestressing
past participlerestressed
pastrestressed

Origin of restress

From re- + stress.

Questions about restress

What does restress mean?
Restress means to stress again.
What part of speech is restress?
Restress is a verb.
What is the past tense of restress?
The past tense of restress is restressed.

Words near restress in the dictionary

  1. restrengthen
  2. restrengthened
  3. restrengthening
  4. restrengthens
  5. Restrepo
  6. restress
  7. restressable
  8. restressed
  9. restresses
  10. restressing
  11. restretch

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