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retossing

retossing is the present participle and gerund 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 retossing

What is retossing the present participle and gerund of?
Retossing is the present participle and gerund of retoss.

Words near retossing in the dictionary

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

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