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retrue

retrue verb: to true again; restraighten.

Verb

retrue (third-person singular simple present retrues, present participle retrueing or retruing, simple past and past participle retrued)

  1. (transitive) To true again; restraighten.

Forms of retrue

third-person singular presentretrues
present participleretrueing
present participleretruing
past participleretrued
pastretrued

Origin of retrue

From re- + true.

Questions about retrue

What does retrue mean?
Retrue means to true again; restraighten.
What part of speech is retrue?
Retrue is a verb.
What is the past tense of retrue?
The past tense of retrue is retrued.

Words near retrue in the dictionary

  1. retrozyme
  2. retrozymes
  3. retrude
  4. retruded
  5. retruding
  6. retrue
  7. retrued
  8. retrueing
  9. retrues
  10. retruing
  11. Retrumplican

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