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re-

prefix
/ɹiː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), see there for more. Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.

  1. derived from re-
  2. derived from re-
  3. inherited from re-

Definitions

  1. again, anew

    • re- + new → renew (“to make something new again”)
    • re- + commit → recommit (“to commit an act again”)
    • re- + heat → reheat (“to heat something that has cooled off”)

  2. a completive or intensification of the base

    a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out

    • reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: )

  3. back, backward

    • reject, reply, resist

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for re-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA