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re-
pref.
1. Again; anew: rebuild.
2. Backward; back: react.
3. Used as an intensive: refine.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin; see re- in Indo-European roots.]
re-
prefix
1. (used with many main words to mean) repetition of an action: remarry
2. (used with many main words to mean) return to a previous condition: renew [Latin]


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The rocks of the Spy-glass re-echoed it a score of times; the whole troop of marsh-birds rose again, darkening heaven, with a simultaneous whirr; and long after that death yell was still ringing in my brain, silence had re- established its empire, and only the rustle of the redescending birds and the boom of the distant surges disturbed the languor of the afternoon.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
By re- membering it I have been able to understand many people and things that I was never able to under- stand before.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
He must accumu- late information of himself, and meanwhile he re- solved to remain close upon his guard lest those qualities of which he knew nothing should ever- lastingly disgrace him.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
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