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retan

retan verb: to tan again.

Verb

retan (third-person singular simple present retans, present participle retanning, simple past and past participle retanned)

  1. (transitive) To tan again.

Forms of retan

third-person singular presentretans
present participleretanning
past participleretanned
pastretanned

Origin of retan

From re- + tan.

Questions about retan

What does retan mean?
Retan means to tan again.
What part of speech is retan?
Retan is a verb.
What is the past tense of retan?
The past tense of retan is retanned.

Words near retan in the dictionary

  1. retamas
  2. retame
  3. retamed
  4. retames
  5. retaming
  6. retan
  7. Retana
  8. Retanas
  9. retangle
  10. retangled
  11. retangles

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