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rebend

verb

Etymology

From re- + bend.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. prefixed as rebend — “re + bend”

Definitions

  1. To bend again.

    • These hooks are made of soft metal, to be rebent after use; but the cod very often get away with them and are hooked again elsewhere; and that is one of the many reasons why the Gloucester boats despise the Frenchmen.

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