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retosses

retosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retoss.

Meaning of retoss

Verb

retoss (third-person singular simple present retosses, present participle retossing, simple past and past participle retossed)

  1. To toss again; to throw back.
    • Compare unto him the vulgar troupes of our men, stupide, base, servile, wavering, and continually floting on the tempestuous ocean of divers passions which tosse and retosse the same, wholy depending of others.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about retosses

What is retosses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Retosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retoss.

Words near retosses in the dictionary

  1. retortured
  2. retortures
  3. retorturing
  4. retoss
  5. retossed
  6. retosses
  7. retossing
  8. retotal
  9. retotaled
  10. retotaling
  11. retotalled

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