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rewalt

rewalt verb: to overturn; throw down.

Verb

rewalt (third-person singular simple present rewalts, present participle rewalting, simple past and past participle rewalted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To overturn; throw down.
    • They say his errand is to see the galleass, that is utterly rewalted and sunk in the sand, never to be recovered; and also to speak with them at Calais that was within the galleass, and now to go into Spain.1894, John Knox Laughton, Defeat of the Spanish Armada
  2. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To give up; surrender

Forms of rewalt

third-person singular presentrewalts
present participlerewalting
past participlerewalted
pastrewalted

Origin of rewalt

From Middle English *rewalten, equivalent to re- + walt.

Questions about rewalt

What does rewalt mean?
Rewalt means to overturn; throw down.
What part of speech is rewalt?
Rewalt is a verb.
What is the past tense of rewalt?
The past tense of rewalt is rewalted.

Words near rewalt in the dictionary

  1. rewallow
  2. rewallowed
  3. rewallowing
  4. rewallows
  5. rewalls
  6. rewalt
  7. rewalted
  8. Rewanui
  9. reward
  10. reward card
  11. reward cards

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