RE
\ɹˈiː], \ɹˈiː], \ɹ_ˈiː]\
Definitions of RE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.
By Oddity Software
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A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.
By Noah Webster.
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In music, the second note of a scale; re-prefix, meaning back; backward; as, recall; recline; again; as, reread; rewrite; anew; as, rebirth; renumber.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Syllable denoting the second note of the natural musical scale.
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Prefix indicating repetition, as re-clothe, to clothe again.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The second note of the musical scale.
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Back; backward; again; again and again; against; anew; over; opposite as, refit, renew. Numerous compounds, in which re has its unmodified meaning of back, again, anew, are practically self explaining in connection with the definitions of their root words. Compounds of re which have special meanings will be found in vocabulary placs.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
