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reretreat

noun

Etymology

From re- + retreat.

  1. derived from retractus
  2. derived from retrait
  3. inherited from retret
  4. prefixed as reretreat — “re + retreat”

Definitions

  1. a second retreat.

    • However, the ice sheet did not pass away by continuous and steady recession but by oscillations, readvances and reretreats; and some of the readvances may have covered considerable territory and have seriously changed the drainage.
    • The ice margin had many oscillations, readvances and reretreats, each probably covering many thousands of years.
    • Nuruddin feigned reretreat.

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