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rethreaten

rethreaten verb: to threaten again.

Verb

rethreaten (third-person singular simple present rethreatens, present participle rethreatening, simple past and past participle rethreatened)

  1. (transitive) To threaten again.

Forms of rethreaten

third-person singular presentrethreatens
present participlerethreatening
past participlerethreatened
pastrethreatened

Origin of rethreaten

From re- + threaten.

Questions about rethreaten

What does rethreaten mean?
Rethreaten means to threaten again.
What part of speech is rethreaten?
Rethreaten is a verb.
What is the past tense of rethreaten?
The past tense of rethreaten is rethreatened.

Words near rethreaten in the dictionary

  1. rethreader
  2. rethreaders
  3. rethreading
  4. rethreadings
  5. rethreads
  6. rethreaten
  7. rethreatened
  8. rethreatening
  9. rethreatens
  10. rethrew
  11. rethrombosis

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